Lech Wałęsa: From Solidarity Leader to Poland’s First Democratically Elected President
On this day in 1990, Lech Wałęsa, a key figure in Poland's fight against communism, was elected as the country's president in its first...
Father Jerzy Popiełuszko: A Martyr of Solidarity and a Symbol of Resistance Against Communist Tyranny
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaOn October 19, 1984, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, the chaplain of the Warsaw “Solidarity” movement and a hu...
June 4, 1989 in Poland
On June 4, 1989 during the semi-free parliamentary elections Polish people voted on the Citizens’ Committee, an opposition group around...
Polish Round Table talks-paving the way to the fall of communism
The Polish Round Table Talks started on February 6 in the Namiestnikowski Palace in Warsaw and lasted till April 5 1989. The governme...
MDM and Constitution Square in Warsaw remnants of communist past and witness of freedom
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaWhen you are in the capital city of Poland Warsaw you definitely cannot miss Marszałkowska Residen...