„Yesterday, we witnessed another stage of the legislative process aimed at transferring this site [Westerplatte] to the Polish state. There would likely be nothing wrong with this if we had all collectively, at one table, decided how the memory of this place should be preserved. Behind us is the inscription 'Never again war.' I don't know if it will remain here, just as we don't know if the monument will remain, but we do know one thing: through forceful methods, which is what the special act should be considered, the state, which claims to be the Polish state but is in fact a state of a single political force, wants to exploit historical memory for a very specific political interest. This hurts. It is very sad” - said Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, the Mayor of Gdańsk, at a press conference at Westerplatte.