Edward Ochab was a Polish communist politician and top leader of Poland between March and October 1956.
Ochab c. 1950s
Grave of Edward Ochab and wife Rozalia at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw
Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970.
Gomułka in 1960
Gomułka in recaptured Warsaw, 1945
Gomułka's speech on 24 October 1956 in Warsaw
Gomułka (left) greeted by members of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation in East Germany.