00:00Grzegorz Kwiatkowski is the singer in the punk band Trupa Trupa in the Polish city of Gdansk.
00:07The band mainly has fans abroad, probably the most famous being US singer Iggy Pop.
00:13Trupa Trupa is performing in the UK this week and will be heading to the USA next year.
00:19But Grzegorz is also a poet, a lecturer and much more.
00:24My poetry is connected to Trupa Trupa and Trupa Trupa is connected to my activism,
00:29my activism is connected to my poetry, my poetry is connected to my university life.
00:35So it's all connected but it's all a bit different.
00:40Grzegorz's greatest concern is to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive.
00:45In Gdansk, he has been campaigning for the memory of the city's former ghetto for eight years.
00:50For me it's a very symbolic place because I fighted many, many years for a situation where this place will be remembered and the city hall will make some actions and people, the tourists, visitors that are coming to Gdansk will have a chance to learn something from history.
01:21And to respect the victims of this very tragic place.
01:26Grzegorz's grandfather was held in the Stadthof concentration camp for forced labor during the
01:32Second World War. Grzegorz wants to fight against forgetting with his music, his poems and his activism.
01:40The memory culture is important just to be a good human being.
01:45We should remember about the tragedies and about the past to be a better people.
01:54Trooper Trooper are showing how remembrance culture
01:57and music can be combined at their three concerts in the UK this week.
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