Forty two years ago, on the night of 12 to 13 December 1981, martial law was imposed in Poland. General Wojciech Jaruzelski – simultaneously Chairman of the Communist party, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence – established a military dictatorship and entered the final confrontation with the ten-million-strong trade union, ‘Solidarity’. by Tomasz Kozłowski …
Jerzy Popiełuszko, the chaplain of Solidarity, became a target of the communist regime’s hatred. He was brutally murdered on 19 October 1984. In his patriotic homilies, he preached the message of “forgiving the guilty.” by Jan Hlebowicz The telephone rang at the District Office of Internal Affairs. The officer on duty reluctantly picked up…
In the summer of 1982, a new organisation appeared on the map of political opposition in Poland – Fighting Solidarity (SW, Polish: Solidarność Walcząca). Its hallmark were radical slogans calling to overthrow the communist dictatorship. by Michał Siedziako The introduction of martial law on 13 December 1981 brought only partial success to the communist…
