FRM566468: Lviv; inter-war Poland (present day Ukraine),1918 -1919 or 1920s. Lviv Orlat (' Eaglets') Cemetery. Coffins of unknown Polish-Lviv defenders killed during battle of Lviv against the Ukrainians. Most of Polish the defenders were very young or school-age volunteers - thats why they were called 'Eaglets'. They were mainly residents of the city. / Bridgeman Images
FRM565833: Warsaw 03.05.1982. Martial Law in Poland, Anniversary of May 3 Constitution adopted in 1791. Independent Demonstration organized by the underground Solidarnosc Trade Union in Old Town. The riotous crowd was dispersed by ZOMO units that surrounded them in front of Saint John cathedral, on Saint Swietojanskiej street. / Bridgeman Images
FRM565843: Knorow, 03.1981. Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski born 6 July 1923. Poland's last dictator and commander of the communist Polish People's Army (LWP). Jaruzelski was Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and President from 1985 to 1990. Jaruzelski gave up power after the Polish Round Table Agreement in 1989 paved the way to democratic elections in Poland. / Bridgeman Images
FRM565853: Zakopane, 1977. Irena training in the snow with her son. Irena Szewinska (born 24.05.1946). Head of the Polish Federation of Athletics and member of the International Olympic committee. Former Polish-Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's leading athletes for almost 20 years, in multiple events. Winner of seven Olympic game medals, three of them gold. She broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100m, 200m and the 400m events. / Bridgeman Images
FRM565858: Katowice, 1975. European Athletics Championship. Irena Szewinska (born 24.05.1946). Head of the Polish Federation of Athletics and member of the International Olympic committee. Former Polish-Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's leading athletes for almost 20 years, in multiple events. Winner of seven Olympic game medals, three of them gold. She broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100m, 200m and the 400m events. / Bridgeman Images
FRM565861: Zakopane, 1980. Irena training for the Olympics with her husband Janusz. Irena Szewinska (born 24.05.1946). Head of the Polish Federation of Athletics and member of the International Olympic committee. Former Polish-Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's leading athletes for almost 20 years, in multiple events. Winner of seven Olympic game medals, three of them gold. She broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100m, 200m and the 400m events. / Bridgeman Images