Jerzy Aleksander Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Sec
Popiełuszko meeting with workers at the Gdańsk Shipyard
The August Agreements was a set of four accords reached between the government of the Polish People's Republic and the striking shipyard workers in Poland following the 1980 Polish strikes. The accord
Gdańsk Shipyard's gate during the strike of 1980; Lech Wałęsa speaks
Lenin Shipyard employees on strike in August 1980
Citizens of Gdańsk gathered outside the gate to the Lenin Shipyard during the strike in August 1980
Government delegates: Mieczysław Jagielski and Tadeusz Fiszbach and Klemens Gniech (Lenin Shipyard manager) arriving for negotiations with MKS, 21 August 1980