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's speech on 24 October 1956 in Warsaw
Gomułka (left) greeted by members of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation in East Germany.
Bolesław Bierut
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Bolesław Bierut was a Polish communist activist and politician who was the leader of communist-ruled Poland from 1948 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 to 1947, Pres
Władysław Gomułka
…Polish Workers' Party (PPR). When Poland was occupied by the Red Army, it collaborated with the Lublin government, formed by the Soviets with the Polish Bierut group, which received Stalin's blessing. Following the Polish October, he became leader again from 1956 to 1970. Gomułka was initially very popular for…
Bierut in 1950
Bierut in around 1927
Bolesław Bierut in 1933, after his arrest by Polish Police
Bolesław Bierut inspecting members of the Union of Polish Youth, 1946