Selection of photos from our recent bike trip to Poland calling in at Germany on the way back.
Kopalnia Wujek
The Pacification of Wujek was a strike-breaking action by the Polish police and army at the Wujek Coal Mine in Katowice, Poland, culminating in the massacre of nine striking miners on December 16, 1981.
It was part of a large-scale action aimed to break the Solidarity free trade union after the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981. The pacification was technically successful; however, in a longer term, it turned out to be a milestone towards the collapse of the authoritarian system in Poland and, ultimately, to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
On June 1, 2007, more than two decades after the incident, 15 former members of the special platoon were sentenced to prison terms for their part in the killings.
KWK Piast
KWK Ziemowit
Combined heat and power plant Szombierki
KWK Centrum
KWK Wieczorek
KWK Kleofas
Germany
Tagebau Espenhain, Leipzig
Zeche Schlägel & Eisen 3/4/7
Zeche Ewald 1/2/7
Zeche Hugo
Berlin
Kopalnia Wujek
The Pacification of Wujek was a strike-breaking action by the Polish police and army at the Wujek Coal Mine in Katowice, Poland, culminating in the massacre of nine striking miners on December 16, 1981.
It was part of a large-scale action aimed to break the Solidarity free trade union after the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981. The pacification was technically successful; however, in a longer term, it turned out to be a milestone towards the collapse of the authoritarian system in Poland and, ultimately, to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
On June 1, 2007, more than two decades after the incident, 15 former members of the special platoon were sentenced to prison terms for their part in the killings.
KWK Piast
KWK Ziemowit
Combined heat and power plant Szombierki
KWK Centrum
KWK Wieczorek
KWK Kleofas
Germany
Tagebau Espenhain, Leipzig
Zeche Schlägel & Eisen 3/4/7
Zeche Ewald 1/2/7
Zeche Hugo
Berlin