Photographs of people from the past and texts sit on the wall in the exhibition room. — Photo: Lovisa Brämming/SMTM CC-BY

The Faces of War

Just days apart, at the beginning of World War II, three damaged Polish submarines arrived in neutral Sweden. The submarines and their crews—more than 170 men—remained interned in Sweden for over five years, until the war ended. Some of them returned to Poland, while others chose to stay in Sweden.

In the exhibition, you can experience the crew members’ memories through photographs, letters, and stories. The material originally comes from the submariners’ private photo albums, and the audio recordings were made by their children.

The exhibition was developed in collaboration between the Naval Museum in Sweden and the naval museum in Gdynia, Poland—Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej.