Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders
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Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders is a memorial burial ground in Gdańsk dedicated to the Polish soldiers who died defending the Westerplatte peninsula at the outset of World War II.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soldiers’ Cemetery at Westerplatte | 1 |
| Westerplatte | 1 |
| Westerplatte battlefield memorial complex | 1 |
| Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders canonical | 1 |
| defenders of Westerplatte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2715447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders Context triple: [Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk, hasNearbyFeature, Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders]
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Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk
The Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk is a towering granite memorial honoring the Polish defenders who resisted the first German assault on Poland at Westerplatte in September 1939, marking the outbreak of World War II.
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B.
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
The Chełmno extermination camp memorial site is a commemorative complex in Poland preserving the remains and memory of one of the first Nazi German death camps where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out during the Holocaust.
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C.
Katyn war cemetery
The Katyn war cemetery is a memorial burial ground in Russia honoring the thousands of Polish officers and intellectuals executed by the Soviet NKVD during the Katyn massacre of 1940.
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D.
Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
The Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw is one of the largest and most historic Jewish necropolises in Europe, known for its rich cultural heritage and the graves of many notable figures.
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E.
Kraków Ghetto Heroes Square memorial
The Kraków Ghetto Heroes Square memorial is a public monument in Kraków, Poland, consisting of empty metal chairs symbolizing the Jews deported and murdered during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders Target entity description: Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders is a memorial burial ground in Gdańsk dedicated to the Polish soldiers who died defending the Westerplatte peninsula at the outset of World War II.
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A.
Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk
The Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk is a towering granite memorial honoring the Polish defenders who resisted the first German assault on Poland at Westerplatte in September 1939, marking the outbreak of World War II.
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B.
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
The Chełmno extermination camp memorial site is a commemorative complex in Poland preserving the remains and memory of one of the first Nazi German death camps where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out during the Holocaust.
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C.
Katyn war cemetery
The Katyn war cemetery is a memorial burial ground in Russia honoring the thousands of Polish officers and intellectuals executed by the Soviet NKVD during the Katyn massacre of 1940.
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D.
Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
The Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw is one of the largest and most historic Jewish necropolises in Europe, known for its rich cultural heritage and the graves of many notable figures.
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E.
Kraków Ghetto Heroes Square memorial
The Kraków Ghetto Heroes Square memorial is a public monument in Kraków, Poland, consisting of empty metal chairs symbolizing the Jews deported and murdered during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
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memorial ⓘ war cemetery ⓘ |
| commemorates | defenders of Westerplatte ⓘ |
| commemoratesConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent |
German attack on Westerplatte
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surface form:
Defense of Westerplatte
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| commemoratesPhaseOfConflict | Invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Polish soldiers ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Cemeteries in Gdańsk
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Polish military memorials and cemeteries ⓘ World War II memorials in Poland ⓘ |
| hasGravesOf |
Coast Defence soldiers
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Polish Army soldiers ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | place of national remembrance of Poland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscriptions | Polish ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | symbol of Polish defense at the start of World War II ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Polish resistance in 1939
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remembrance of war dead ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMemorial |
military cemetery
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war memorial ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gdańsk ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Westerplatte Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Westerplatte peninsula
|
| maintainedBy | Polish authorities ⓘ |
| near |
Baltic Sea
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Port of Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form:
Gdańsk Port
|
| partOf |
Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Westerplatte battlefield memorial complex
|
| subjectOf | commemorative ceremonies on 1 September ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders Description of subject: Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders is a memorial burial ground in Gdańsk dedicated to the Polish soldiers who died defending the Westerplatte peninsula at the outset of World War II.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Westerplatte
this entity surface form:
Soldiers’ Cemetery at Westerplatte
subject surface form:
Westerplatte Monument
this entity surface form:
defenders of Westerplatte
Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders
→
partOf
→
Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Westerplatte battlefield memorial complex