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Originally Posted by Polak
I thank you very much for your kind words bookworm_020.
Unfortunaly the way to freedom was not totally peaceful. A lot of people haven't heard about the small uprising in Poznań in the 50'ies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_1956_protests
My father who was shipyard worker and involved in the Solidarność movment has also many violent stories to tell. If anyone is interested I could write about some of them.
Once again I thank you for your words, they moved me alot, it so rare to find a westerner who knows a bit of Polish history. |
I knew there was violence, but the polish people in general used peaceful protest to get the freedom they wanted.
I'm a librarian with a love of history, and I stumbled across some books and references to it, so I did some research. It came about when I read about the bloody encounter between the Soviet Union and Hungry water polo match at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
There was mention of other uprisings over time so I did some study and asked my parents about it (they had traveled through the Soviet Union in the early 70's on the way to England, plus they were school teachers)