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The Gdansk shipyard (Lech Walesa's "Solidarity" was    
born here in 1981),was still busy building ships for   
the Soviet Union in 1956.Gdansk,1956
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The Gdansk shipyard (Lech Walesa's "Solidarity" was born here in 1981),was s...

On Warsaw's "American Market" anything from buttons    
to evening gowns could be bought.The goods came mostly 
from gift parcels sent by US-relatives and sold by     
the beneficiaries. Warsaw,1956
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On Warsaw's "American Market" anything from buttons to evening gowns could b...

Five private "enterprises" are crowded into this       
small shop.In 1956,the Polish government tried to      
slacken the strict Communist state economy by allowing 
small private shops and artisans' workshops.           
Warsaw,1956
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Five private "enterprises" are crowded into this small shop.In 1956,the P...

Nova Huta steelmill near Cracow was Communist Poland's 
industrial flagship and pride.A group of workers       
during lunch hour.                                     
Nova Huta,Poland,1956
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Nova Huta steelmill near Cracow was Communist Poland's industrial flagship and...

Poland, Nova Huta
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Poland, Nova Huta

Sunday gloom in Nova Huta,an industrial town built     
after World War II.The Nova Huta steelmill was the     
pride and flagship of the heavy industry in Communist  
Poland.Nova Huta,1956.
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Sunday gloom in Nova Huta,an industrial town built after World War II.The N...

A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of   
Nova Huta.A poem by Adam Vaszik,describing the all-    
pervading sadness in the new industrial settlements,   
with their whores and drunkards,was criticized as      
"bourgeois realism".Nova Huta,1956
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A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of Nova Huta.A poem by Adam...

A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of   
Nova Huta.A poem by Adam Vaszik,describing the all-    
pervading sadness in the new industrial settlements,   
with their whores and drunkards,was criticized as      
"bourgeois realism".Nova Huta,1956
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A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of Nova Huta.A poem by Adam...

Park in Nova Huta,an industrial town built after World
War II. The Nova Huta steelmill was the pride and
flagship of Polish industry. Nova Huta,1956
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Park in Nova Huta,an industrial town built after World War II. The Nova Huta ste...

An "import de luxe" shop in Marszalkowska-street;      
the Palace of Culture reflected in the shop-window.    
Warsaw,1956
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An "import de luxe" shop in Marszalkowska-street; the Palace of Culture re...

Youngsters in the outskirts of the coalmining region   
of Stalinogrod (Katovice),1956
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Youngsters in the outskirts of the coalmining region of Stalinogrod (Katovice...

Nova Huta steelmill near Cracow was Communist Poland's
industrial flagship and pride.A group of workers
during lunch hour.
Nova Huta,Poland,1956
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Nova Huta steelmill near Cracow was Communist Poland's industrial flagship and p...