Anti-war drawings by Polish, Ukrainian kids on show in Warsaw

An open-air exhibition of anti-war drawings by Polish and Ukrainian children opens in Warsaw on Tuesday.

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PAP/Tomasz Gzell

Entitled Mom, I Don’t Want War, the showcase is a joint project between Poland’s National Archives institution and its Ukrainian partners.

God, save Ukraine!

Anastasiia, 11 years old, Borshchiv village
Marta, 11 years old, Lviv#momiseewar #ukraine #stopwar #ukrainianwar #standwithukraine pic.twitter.com/zR8tXZRDiL

— 🇺🇦 Mom, I see war | NFT (@momiseewarNFT) July 18, 2022

On display outside Warsaw’s Staszic Palace will be sketches drawn by Polish children in the aftermath of World War II and drawings made by Ukrainian kids during the Russian invasion of their country.

To już dziś! Zapraszamy! https://t.co/urvX4hi16P

— Archiwa Państwowe (@Archiwa) July 19, 2022

The head of Poland’s National Archives, Paweł Pietrzyk, has said that, even though the wartime experiences of Polish and Ukrainian children are almost a century apart, they carry a similar anti-war message.

The Mom, I Don’t Want War exhibition is due to run in the Polish capital until September 30.

We want to see free and prosperous Ukraine!

Anastasiia, 14 years old, Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region
Children from Spanish school C.E.I.P. La Solana, 11 and 12 years old, Ontinyent, Spain
Mariia, 12 years old, Polonne#momiseewar #ukraine #stopwar #ukrainianwar #standwithukraine pic.twitter.com/VePMgvVpVw

— 🇺🇦 Mom, I see war | NFT (@momiseewarNFT) July 11, 2022

The items on display can be viewed online at momiseewar.com and on the project’s social media sites.

Diana, 13 years old, Chervonohrad, Lviv region#momiseewar #ukraine #stopwar #ukrainianwar #standwithukraine pic.twitter.com/HW20I8cJ7p

— 🇺🇦 Mom, I see war | NFT (@momiseewarNFT) July 9, 2022

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Source: IAR, PAP, archiwa.gov.pl