Category Poland
Solidarność
If you were around in the late 1970s/early 1980s, you will know that this was a period of huge change in Europe, which affected the entire world. Solidarnosc, of course, means Solidarity in Polish. In 1980, the shipyard workers of Gdansk locked the gates and went on strike. The strike lasted 18 days. During that […]
Peenemunde and Poland
Peenemunde is a small seaside town on Usedom Island, about 90 kms southeast of Stralsund. The name means “river mouth”. Its claim to fame, and reason for our visit, is its role in the development of modern rocketry, in particular the V1 and V2 rockets. The Army Research Center was founded in 1937 as a […]
