180 thousand pieces of ammunition - this is how much the communist authority used to suppress the Poznań uprising in 1956. Today, June 28, marks the 70th anniversary of those events. About 10 thousand workers took to the streets to demand bread, dignity, and freedom. The Security Service and the military killed 58 people. (translated)
The heroes of the Poznań June '56 did not fight for their own monuments. They fought for a normal Poland. (translated)
Profesor Paweł Machcewicz w artykule na temat wydarzeń w Poznaniu z czerwca 1956 roku podkreśla, że miały one charakter wielkiego buntu społecznego, który przeszedł od postulatów płacowych do żądań o niepodległość i wolność, a samą sytuację w Polsce wiosną 1956 roku opisuje jako narastające napięcie społeczne, które zostało zaostrzone przez destalinizację i upowszechnienie krytycznych uwag Nikity Chruszczowa na temat Stalina. #Poznań1956 #bunt #rewolucja
On June 28, 1956, workers from Poznań took to the streets, demanding "bread and freedom." The entire community of the city protested alongside them. It was the first mass, organized opposition to communist rule in post-war Poland. The peaceful demonstration was quickly... (translated)
What was the power most afraid of during the Poznań June '56? 🇵🇱When on June 28, workers took to the streets, the communist security apparatus immediately launched its machine of surveillance. Shooting not only with bullets, the security service and the militia took thousands of photos of the protesters from https://t.co/BDcSKQQuPe (translated)
