41 photographs
inTurning points
Preparations before the start of the First Solidarity Convention in Oliwa
1981, PolandPrayers after assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, Cracow
1981, PolandEnd of strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandBoris Yeltsin during election rally, Moscow
1989, USSRPope John Paul II at Jasna Góra
1979, Poland40th Anniversary of the GDR. Military parade in East Berlin
1989, East GermanyPope John Paul II in Gdańsk. The crowd at the Zaspa housing estate
1987, PolandVáclav Havel, Czech dissident, later to become President
1987, CzechoslovakiaCrowd of faithful during visit of Pope John Paul II
1979, PolandWarsaw, Solidarity supporters, martial law
1982, PolandPope John Paul II in Warsaw's Old Town
1979, PolandLech Walesa arriving for registration of Solidarity trade union, Warsaw
1980, PolandBoris Yeltsin, Moscow
1989, USSRListening to a Boris Yeltsin election campaign speech
1989, USSRSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Duma, Moscov
1989, USSRJohn Paul II leaving Warsaw
1979, PolandXVII Communist Party Congress, Prague
1988, CzechoslovakiaKarol Wojtyła is the new Pope, Cracow
1978, PolandGrzegorz Przemyk's (murdered by militia) funeral, Powązki, Warsaw
1983, PolandLech Wałęsa, at the end of the strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandFuneral of Cardinal Wyszynski in Warsaw's Old Town
1981, PolandStrike in Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandJust before the end of the strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, August
1980, PolandMartial law, Warsaw
1982, Poland