Original title: Kalendarium Solidarności
Author: Adam Borowski
Cover text: Joanna Lewandowska
Cover design and typography: Agnieszka Popławska
Translation: Robert Oliwa / Lidex sp. z o.o.
English language editing: Jan Czarniecki / Lidex sp. z o.o.
ISBN: 978-83-973201-4-7 (printed book)
Language: English
Size: 17.5 x 24.5 cm
Number of pages: 568
Binding: hardcover
Solidarity – an unprecedented social movement and, formally, a trade union – played a decisive role in 1980 in overcoming the communist system of governance in Poland. This, in turn, led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dismantling of the Iron Curtain, which had long separated the nations of Central and Eastern Europe from freedom and democracy.
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of these momentous events, the Institute of Solidarity Heritage has decided to publish a special English-language edition of Solidarity: The Calendar by Adam Borowski.
The author was both an organizer and an activist of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity” Following the imposition of martial law in Poland, he actively participated in the underground resistance. His book, Solidarity: The Calendar, is the result of many years of dedicated work and constitutes an invaluable source of information about the peaceful Polish revolution that began at the Gdańsk Shipyard in August 1980. This comprehensive compendium of knowledge about Solidarity and the Polish anti-communist opposition chronicles the events and people involved from December 1975 to December 1990, culminating in the election of Lech Wałęsa as the first democratically chosen president of Poland after World War II.
We trust that the English edition of this remarkable work will find a broad readership around the world. It offers the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Poland’s path to freedom and the many significant events that, at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, led to the fall of the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe and changed the course of history.
