Monument – Gdansk December 1970

Description

The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 ( Polish: Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970) was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.  Caused by massive increases in the prices of basic foodstuffs, Demonstrations, Protests, Riots Resulted in Government victory Protests dispersed and violently suppressed. Władysław Gomułka  was removed from power. Right outside famous Gate #2 to the Gdańsk Shipyard, the monument was unveiled in 1980 (still during the communist era) to commemorate the events of 1970 when 45 people died during street riots protesting against the communist regime. Along with wage demands and the right to form free trade unions, the right to erect this memorial was one of Solidarity’s main demands during the 1980 lock-in. There are emotional moments  as the names of each of those killed are read out. As well as footage  from 1970 participants from those days talk about their experiences these include both strikes and soldiers.

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