Wojciech Jaruzelski
Birthday: 1923-07-06
Place of Birth: Kurów, Polska
Biography: Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military officer, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party between 1981 and 1989, making him the last leader of the Polish People's Republic. Jaruzelski served as Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985, the Chairman of the Council of State from 1985 to 1989 and briefly as President of Poland from 1989 to 1990, when the office of President was restored after 37 years. He was also the last commander-in-chief of the Polish People's Army, which in 1990 became the Polish Armed Forces.
Movies
Noc z generałem
For years, on the evening of December 12, on the anniversary of the introduction of martial law in P...
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Hammer & Tickle
Hammer & Tickle: The Communist Joke Book is a 2006 propaganda documentary film about "jokes" und...
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Space Sailors
They were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floo...
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using ...
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Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...
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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes ...
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