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Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom.
Most of the miners were Silesians who spoke better
German than Polish,but had Polish citizenship.Coal
was one of Communist Poland's major exports;miners'
wages were higher than average. Bytom,1956
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Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom. Most of the miners were Siles...

Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom.
Most of the miners were Silesians who spoke better
German than Polish,but had Polish citizenship.Coal
was one of Communist Poland's major exports;miners'
wages were higher than average. Bytom,1956
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Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom. Most of the miners were Siles...

Nova Huta,in 1956 an unfinished town with vacant lots. 
An amusement park with ferris-wheel;unfinished,cheap   
housing in the background.Nova Huta,1956
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Nova Huta,in 1956 an unfinished town with vacant lots. An amusement park with f...

Private farmers in Poland were served by state-run
stations for agricultural machinery. Private farmer
Alojzi Lemanczyk borrows a harvester from the
station at Cukowowa near Gdansk.A roving mechanic
inspects the machine. Cukowowa,1956
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Private farmers in Poland were served by state-run stations for agricultural ma...

Young women repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern coalmine in Bytom, Poland, 1956.
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Young women repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern coalmine in Bytom, Polan...

Young women repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern coalmine in Bytom, Poland, 1956.
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Young women repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern coalmine in Bytom, Polan...

Miners in a beergarden in Bytom.Upper Silesia          
was the center of Polish coalmining;most miners        
were German-language Silesians who had worked          
in the same mines before the war.Bytom,1956
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Miners in a beergarden in Bytom.Upper Silesia was the center of Polish...

A little girl in Bytom carries the beer for her family's dinner. Upper Silesia was the center of Polish coalmining; Most miners were German speaking Silesians who had worked in the same mines before the war.

Bytom, 1956
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A little girl in Bytom carries the beer for her family's dinner. Upper Silesia w...

Children play cards in a shabby backyard in Bytom,1956
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Children play cards in a shabby backyard in Bytom,1956

Lunch for a miner's family in Bytom,Polands richest    
coal region in Upper Silesia,1956.
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Lunch for a miner's family in Bytom,Polands richest coal region in Upper Sil...

Lunch for a miner's family in Bytom,Polands richest
coal region in Upper Silesia,1956.
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Lunch for a miner's family in Bytom,Polands richest coal region in Upper Silesia...

New housing developments spring up all over Poland's   
industrial areas.A miner in his new,still empty        
apartment in Bytom,1956
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New housing developments spring up all over Poland's industrial areas.A miner...