Martial law

Hundreds of top secret documents found hidden in ex spy’s home

Investigators from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Internal Security Agency (ABW) raided the property of the former high ranking officer in Poland’s communist-era security service where they found files detailing the activities of communist-era agents operating overseas. PAP

Investigators from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Internal Security Agency (ABW) raided the property of the former high ranking officer in Poland’s communist-era security service where they found files detailing the activities of communist-era agents operating overseas.

Polish embassy in Armenia cautions compatriots amid martial law

Poland's embassy in Armenia has requested particular caution of Poles in that country in connection with the declaration of martial law in the Republic of Armenia.

Morawiecki was at anti-communist demos say former activists

The teenaged Morawiecki took part in large pro-democracy demonstrations in his home town of Wrocław.

President marks martial law anniversary

President Andrzej Duda awarded state distinctions in Warsaw on Friday in connection with the 38th anniversary of the December 13, 1981, imposition of martial law in Poland by the country's communist regime.

'I was ready to fight… and to die.' Interview with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

In a candid interview with TFN’s Patrick Ney, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks for the first time on camera about his teenage years and opposition to communist authoritarianism. Regularly interrogated, beaten and harassed, Morawiecki faced death threats and persecution. This interview was given to mark the 37th anniversary of one of the worst massacres during Poland's Martial Law, the massacre at the Wujek mine on the 16th December, 1981. As the son of leading activist, Kornel Morawiecki, the Prime Minister's story is relatively unknown even in Poland. Until now. Watch this interview (Polish with English subtitles) to discover the full story.

Murdered victims of martial law honoured in moving candlelit ceremony

Poles encouraged to light candles in memory of those killed in communist crack down.

‘Martial law in a nutshell’: On the 37th anniversary of martial law being imposed, TFN meets Chris Niedenthal, the man whose photography came to define it

It was during a surreptitious hunt for things to photograph that Niedenthal came across a scene outside the now-long-gone Moscow Cinema that would become his most famous photograph. An image that would soon ping around a world still trying to digest what was happening in Poland, and one that would become the defining image of martial law.

Polish PM marks martial law anniversary

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Twitter on Thursday that "martial law was the most deplorable attack against attempts to win at least some sovereignty."

1983: Pilgrimage of hope – the Pope in communist Poland under martial law

On June 16-23, 1983, the seemingly impossible happened. With Poland reeling from the imposition of martial law, Pope John Paul II visited for the second time after being chosen as the leader of the Catholic church.

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