The strike started by workers at Poznań’s largest factory, the Joseph Stalin Metal Works, spread to the entire city, and became an anti-communist revolt. For the Stalinist regime, this was an earthquake. by Paweł Sasanka At 6 am on 28 June 1956, when the workers of the W-3 division came to work, none of…
Our knowledge of December ‘70 will not be complete without access to the post-Soviet archives. However, we may never know the truth, because there are many indications that in the early ‘90s some of the KGB resources were destroyed, just as the archives of the Security Service were decimated in Poland – says Prof. Antoni…
Unexpected high price rises announced by the communist authorities of the Polish People’s Republic in December 1970 led to an outbreak of social discontent and street protests. The authorities did not enter into talks and proceeded to brutally suppress the strike. by Piotr Abryszeński Rails are growing cheaper! For Władysław Gomułka, the final month…
