“Who is the woman in our poster? Help us identify her!” – he appealed on social media. The image of the woman was placed on a poster of Tomasz Wolski’s documentary entitled “1970”.
The Institute of National Remembrance is looking for the woman in the photo
“Our heroine from the poster, like many participants of the 1970 events on the coast, was brutally treated by the Citizens’ Militia,” writes the institute. As suggested in the Facebook post, the photo was supposed to be taken in. However, Internet users suggest in the comments that it could have been Gdynia. According to them, the photo was taken in front of the entrance to the Town Hall in
The poster published by the Institute of National Remembrance promotes Tomasz Wolski’s documentary “1970”, which presents the bloody events of December 1970 as seen from the perpetrators’ perspective. He is the co-producer of the film.
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“Thanks to animations combined with recordings of telephone calls, we peek behind the closed doors of dignitaries’ offices. Hundreds of cigarettes are smoked. Telephones break. Strategies are planned to break up the protesters and future repression. Propaganda measures are being devised. brutality of decision-makers. Militia batons are moving in the streets. Shots are fired. People are dying “- we read in the IPN post on social media.
In Wolski’s documentary, you can hear transcripts of the talks of the decision-makers of the time, which had never been used in documentaries before. “They show, on the one hand, the ruthlessness of the authorities, and on the other hand, the confusion and panic of politicians,” we read. The film will be available in cinemas all over Poland. You can find their list on.
The events of December 1970
The end of the 1960s was a very difficult period in Poland. Living conditions worsened, which resulted in a decline in trust in the authorities. On December 12, 1970, there was an increase in the retail prices of meat, meat preparations and other food products, at a time when prices were officially regulated. Food prices for the main commodities rose on average by 23% (flour by 17%, fish by 16%, jams and preserves by 36%).
The authorities expected that this information would lead to protests, but their scale far exceeded expectations. The public gathered at rallies and demanded that the authorities withdraw the increases, as well as remove from power those responsible for them, such as Władysław Gomułka or Józef Cyrankiewicz. The first strike broke out in the morning of December 14, 1970 in the Gdańsk Shipyard. Lenin – the workers refused to work. The crowd of many thousands went to the seat of the Provincial Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party and demanded a meeting with the secretary. On the same day, the first clashes with the Citizens’ Militia took place.
Workers’ protests took place between 14 and 22 December, incl. in Gdynia, Szczecin and Elbląg. They were suppressed by the police and the army.
On December 15, the staff of the PZPR Central Committee chaired by Gomułka allowed the use of weapons against the protesters. In the area of Gdańsk, street fights intensified, so armored and motorized units were brought in. The authorities’ actions led to the death of about 45 people, more than 1,165 were injured, and about 3,000 were beaten and arrested. people. The massacre on the coast led to the discredit of Gomułka and his surroundings, and therefore Edward Gierek took over power. Another wave of strikes led to the decision to withdraw from the increases (February 1971).
Source: Gazeta
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