Polish October
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The Polish October, also known as the Polish thaw or Gomułka's thaw, as well as the "small stabilization" was a change in the politics of the Polish People's Republic that occurred in October 1956. Wł
Władysław Gomułka at the height of his popularity on 24 October 1956 addressing a crowd of people in Warsaw, asking for an end to demonstrations and a return to work.
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka
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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 (left) greeted by members of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation in East Germany.