Tag: Jaruzelski

  • 25th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland

    December 13, 1981. General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared Poland (then still part of the Warsaw Pact) under martial law. The Communist secret service arrested hundreds of Poles. Many died for a free Poland. 25 years later, things have changed slowly. Though many ex-members of the Communist Party, secret service and collaborators still walk freely and some…