41 photographs
inTurning points
Václav Havel, Czech dissident, later to become President
1987, CzechoslovakiaPope John Paul II at Jasna Góra
1979, PolandLech Walesa arriving for registration of Solidarity trade union, Warsaw
1980, PolandPope John Paul II in Warsaw's Old Town
1979, PolandCrowd of faithful during visit of Pope John Paul II
1979, Poland40th Anniversary of the GDR. Military parade in East Berlin
1989, East GermanyBoris Yeltsin during election rally, Moscow
1989, USSRPreparations before the start of the First Solidarity Convention in Oliwa
1981, PolandSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Duma, Moscov
1989, USSRPrayers after assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, Cracow
1981, PolandWarsaw, Solidarity supporters, martial law
1982, PolandPope John Paul II in Gdańsk. The crowd at the Zaspa housing estate
1987, PolandEnd of strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandBoris Yeltsin, Moscow
1989, USSRListening to a Boris Yeltsin election campaign speech
1989, USSRJohn Paul II leaving Warsaw
1979, PolandEnd of the Lenin Shipyard strike, 31st of August
1980, PolandMartial law, Poznań
1982, PolandSupply of bread arrives for striking workers at Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk
1980, PolandWałęsa surounded by foreign (Western) press
1981, Poland"Solidarity" information desk
1981, PolandStrike in Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, August
1980, PolandSolidarity's march in Warsaw on 1st of May, martial law
1982, PolandRegistration of Solidarity; a quick stop at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw
1981, Poland