IN THE PAST

Post box of the Polish Post Office in the Free City of Danzig

The Polish Post and Telegraph Office in Danzig was established under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (paragraph 104(3)) of 1919, the Polish-Gdansk Convention of 1920 (articles 29-32) and the Warsaw Agreement of 24 October 1921 (articles 149-168).

In 1921 the Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs of the Republic of Poland in Danzig was established. It was located at Hevelius Square, in the building of the former Prussian military hospital, built between 1838 and 1844, which was closed down after the creation of the Free City of Danzig and demilitarisation.

The "Gdańsk 1" office became the main post office in Gdansk from 1930, it housed, among other things, a telephone exchange with a direct connection to Poland. In Danzig, 10 post boxes with the Polish national emblem were set up. It is estimated that in 1939 there were just over 100 people working at the Polish Post Office.

On September 1, 1939, the main post of the Polish Post Office in Gdansk became the site of a heroic and tragic defence against an attack by German police and paramilitary formations.

CURRENTLY

It now houses the Post Office "Gdansk 1" and the Museum of the Polish Post Office in Gdansk. The rest of the building is occupied by classrooms of the Communications School Complex and a school dormitory.

In 1979, a monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk was erected in front of the post office building.