Jak biedny kraj zbudował wielki port w 10 lat? | Fenomen Gdyni

How did a poor country, devastated by partition, build one of Europe's most modern ports in just ten years? The story of Gdynia's construction is not only a story of the economic miracle of the Second Polish Republic, but above all a brutal lesson in engineering, logistics, and human toil. In this film, we show where the money for this gigantic project came from, why the customs war with Germany and the Gdańsk dockers' strike forced Poland to build its own window on the world, and how thousands of workers manually drove piles into the Baltic Sea bed, standing waist-deep in icy water. We will uncover the hidden, dirty truth: disastrous conditions in the barracks, diseases, workplace accidents, land speculation, and corruption, all of which are silent in official chronicles. You will learn about the role of Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, engineer Tadeusz Wenda, and the significance of the naval port at Oksywie. We will also tell the story of the defense of Kępa Oksywska in 1939, the German occupation and the city's renaming to Gotenhafen, and the post-war reconstruction of the port from wrecks and mines. This is a story about the price of independence, measured in concrete, coal, and human life. Gdynia, the interwar period, the port, the Baltic Sea, the economy of the Second Polish Republic, Kwiatkowski, the construction of the port, the Polish Corridor—all based on historical facts, parliamentary acts, data on the port's construction, and accounts from the era. Sources: historical studies on the construction of the port in Gdynia, legal acts of the Second Polish Republic, data from the Gdynia City Museum and the Naval Museum, and publications on the economy of interwar Poland. #Gdynia #PolishHistory #IIRP