Time after ending world war II
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Time after ending World War II
Destroying the country during the war
During World War II Poland was occupied by Germany and Russia.
6 million of Polish were killed.Many cities were destroyed
including the capital – Warsaw, also Wrocław, Gdańsk, Szczecin...
Borders after the war
Polish borders were changed after the war: the eastern
lands were joined to The Soviet Union, Poland received
Śląsk, Pomorze and Mazury – in previous years they belonged
to Germany.
Communism in Poland
The end of the war did not mean for Poland
independent. The governments
of The Soviet Union, The Great Britain and USA during different
meetings decided about lot of Poland
and its borders.
We got under Russian influence what ment communism and lack of independent.
Characteristic of communism system:• one party – Polaska Zjednoczona Partia
Robotnicza - which ruled in country and decided about everything: society, trade, industry...
• farming belonged only to government,• private trade was closed down,• the workers were the main social group,• lack of religion meanning,• lack of freedom of speech,• terror and compulsion behind the law.
Three and six years plans
First three years plan – realized between 1947 and 1949 was the only one succeded. During that time Polish economy was rebuilt after the war'sdestroyes.
Second six years plan – realized between 1950 and 1955 was connected with developement of metal and heavy industry.
Polish economy developed thanks to economical plans.
Warsaw rebuilding
According to three years plan all main places in country had
to be rebuilt. The symbol of that time was rebuilding
of Warsaw which was completly destroyed during
the war in 1945.
Building of Nowa Huta
Building of Nowa Huta was one of the most important
assumption of six years plan. It was a city for workers of new metal
factory. Today Nowa Huta is a part
of Cracow.
Stalinism in Poland
The Stalinist era are the years following World War II until
Józef Stalin's death.During that time (40' and 50')
the communism was the strongest. The communistic
power was real and unlimited and our country was
dependent of The Soviet Union.
Persecution during Stalinism
The government fought with the opposition in very restrictive way.
People were persecuted in
different ways: object trials, capital
punishments, years in prison – all of
these caused that the opposition was
destroyed.
Also church was atteacked. The example of that persecution was
arresting of Stefan Wyszyński in 1953
– the Primate of Poland.
PropagandaDuring communism time propaganda was very important. It
presented what was good and what was neccessary to do and think. It was connected with politic, industry, cultural and social life.
Communistic power was strongly connected with propaganda and terror.
„Students – we work for you and we wait for you.”
„We build the strength of Poland”
After the war Poland as a country
dependent of The Soviet Union
found itself in opposition to western countries and USA. Officially America was believed as our
enemy.
Subbotniks
Subbotniks were days of volunteer work organising by schools, offices, factories. Subbotniks were mostly organized for cleaning the streets
of garbage, fixing public amenities, collecting recyclable material, and
other community services.
Authors:Authors:
Karolina PakulskaKarolina Pakulska
Weronika WojdaczWeronika Wojdacz