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Solidarity
How a Trade Union Defeated Communism52 min
Available until 23/11/2025
After decades of a communist regime in Poland, the creation of the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain was a decisive moment. In 1980 workers in the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk founded Solidarnosc (Solidarity), which eventually brought down communism.
Director
Ania Szczepanska
Country
Germany
Year
2019
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