In this June 16, 1983 file photo former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa makes the V-sign and raises his arms to a cheering crowd as he leaves the shipyard in Gdansk where he worked. The head of Poland's National Remembrance Institute said Thursday Feb. 18, 2016 that recently seized documents show that Walesa was a paid informant for the communist-era secret security from 1970 to 1976. (AP Photo/Jacques Langevin)
Semi-free election in Poland, 8th of June, 1989, photo: SIPA / EAST NEWSTadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Wałęsa, 1989, photo:Tomasz Wierzejski / AGPolish demonstrators carrying banners with the name of the trade union Solidarność (“Solidarity”). PinterestLech Wałęsa being carried by the crowd of protesters. StrikersWalesa (left) speaks to workers during a strike at the Gdansk shipyard on August 8, 1980. wiadomosci.dziennikThe Gate of the Gdańsk Shipyard, December 16th, 1981. Archive of the Institute of National RemembranceCrowd in front of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk. StrikeLech Walesa on the gate of the Gdansk shipyard reading a speech. August, 1980. PinterestAnna Walentynowicz was fired for participating in the illegal trade union five months before her retirement. The strikes began demanding her return to work 20.10.1980. PAPCAFStanisławAnna Walentynowicz and Lech Wałęsa attend a mass at the Lenin Shipyard in August 1980. Wikipedia
