EXHIBITION AT WROCLAW SHOWS POLAND REBUILT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 98, 22 September 1948, Page 4

EXHIBITION AT WROCLAW SHOWS POLAND REBUILT

Achievements In Liberated Lands Polish economic, social and ' cultural achievements in the regained territories are shown at an exhibition which opened on July 21 at Wroclaw. The exhibition occupies an area of approximately 22 acres. A special “Victory Hall” deals with the brotherhood in arms of the Soviet Army and the Polish Army who liberated the regained territories. The next section is devoted , to the destruction in the field bf culture, in cities and villages, industry and communications, left behind by * the Germans. The Demographic Hall . .traces back the thousand-year-old history of German aggression against the peaceful Slav peoples. ? . The fourth hall presents details of the resettlement in the regained territories of five and a-half million Poles within three years; they are working there now for peace in Poland and in Europe. Closely connected is the Production Hall, which' shows how the lands which, under the Germans, forged the arms of aggression, produce now exclusively for peaceful purposes. Exhibits show how the production of Polish coalmines has increased, and how Polish coal is now exported to all . countries., Special attention is paid to the results of the labour competition, due to which the Polish miners reached the highest production capacity in Europe. The problems of the Odra as a line of communication for Poland and Czechoslovakia and a plan of the Odra-DanUbe Canal are also dealt with, as well as the problem of the seo cast, the reconstruction of ports and the expansion of Polish exports. One of the outstanding exhibits in this pavilion is the huge sculpture by Masiak, depicting “Poland on the Sea.” ) | The problem of agriculture and j consumption is dealt with in a speci ial hall, showing how five million hectares of land have been parcelled out amongst the peasants, one hundred thousand of whom are taking part in the labour competition which is leading to self-sufficiehcy and a renewal of food exports. Another hall of forty thousand cubic metres, built in 62 days, houses numerous factory, plants, many of the machines being shown in opera-. . tion. Other halls are devoted to the higtory of man, future plans for the regained lands, showing their problems of education, culture, theatre, films and press. There is also a V Soviet-Polish Friendship Hall, another showing how Poland and her friendly countries are standing guard on the Odra-Nyssa frontier of peace. v The People’s Hall, which holds' 40,000 people, presents the work of the government. Polish technique is symbolised by a steel needle-shap-ed mast;' 106. metres high, designed by Professor Hempel,-, and three wooden arches each 28 metres high, representing people at work.