FRM565134: 1929. Saski Palace, Jozef Poniatowski monument. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565136: Construction of the Pulsudkiego sand hill(heap) in Cracow 1935. Lots of Poles came from all over Polad to take part in the heaping of the hill. Postcard showing the event. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565147: Warsaw, 02.04.08. Third anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death on Pilsudskiego Square. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565669: Warsaw, 10th Anniversary Stadium. After a pro-party rally in 1976, all that is left are propaganda placards, one of which reads 'We are with you, Comrade Gierek' referring to the communist party leader of the time. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565674: 17.10.1978 - the day after Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II. Parish records register his birth and baptism, with information about his Church career added over the years. On this photo one can see the addition of the information that Wojtyla has become Pope - written in Latin by Fr. Edward Zacher. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565684: Gdansk, May 1988. Lenin Gdansk Shipyard sit-in strike. Shipyard wokers in front of Shipyard gate. From left, leader of the strike Alojzy Szablewski. This strike led to Solidarnosc and government round table talks in 1989. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565686: Warsaw, May 1988. University gate, banners annoucing the student's sit-in strike. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565688: Warsaw, Poland, June 1989 People read oppostion newspaper Tygodnik Solidarnosc, While standing in a queue at a kiosk. Election campaign, Constitution Square. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565692: Warsaw 09.12.1981. Martial Law. A truck with soldiers driving through town before the employment of Martial Law in Poland. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565695: Warsaw, 13.05.1982. Martial Law in Poland. ZOMO soldiers take a 'walk' across Marszalkowska street during a municipal transport strike. It lasted 15 minutes. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565701: Warsaw 10-11.1956. Blood donation by Warsaw residents for the injured during the Hungarian uprising. Reacion after Hungarian Red Cross appeal broadcast by Polish radio on 28.10.1956. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565707: Warsaw, 01.05.1958. 1st of May parade on Marszalkowska street. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565709: Warsaw, Powisle - 05.1958. Harvest Festival on Warsaw streets. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565710: Warsaw, Powisle - 05.1958. Harvest Festival on Warsaw streets. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565712: Slowinski National Park at the Baltic coast Famous for its unique moving dunes. Heritage park in Kluki. northern Poland, Pomerania province. 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM565724: Warsaw, 19.07.2006. Chopin's note sheet, Mazurka in E-flat major, op.6 no.3, was bought by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute on auction in London. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565725: Gniezno, Central-Western Poland, Cathedral, Basilica, St Wojciech's relics. historic first capital of Poland, Greater Poland province, the cathedral known for its twelfth-century (circa 1175), two-winged bronze doors decorated with scenes of martyrdom of St. Wojciech. 2009 / Bridgeman Images

FRM565726: Czestochowa. 26.05.2006. Pope Benedict XVI's pilgrimage to Poland. Believer's gathered in-front of the monastery. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565732: Gdansk, approximately 24.12. 1981. Martial Law in Poland, Offloading of a delivery of gifts from Holland, outside Saint Bridget Church in Gdansk. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565746: Sopot, 04.06.1989. Lech Kaczynski with his wife Maria Kaczynska and daughter, Marta Kaczynska on their way to vote in the Contract Parliamentary elections, also known as the June Elections. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565752: Sopot, May 1989. Pre-election Solidarity Citizens Candidate Committee meeting before the contract sejm (parliament) elections, also known as the 'June elections'. Photographed from left: Bogdan Liss, Lech Kaczynski, and Olga Krzyzanowska. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565753: Sopot, May 1989. Pre-election meeting of Solidarity committee candidates to the Parliament, before the contract parliamentary elections. Photographed from left: Bogdan Lis; jan Krzysztof Bielecki; Jacek Merkel; Lech Kaczynski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565755: Warsaw, Poland10.1970. Hagaw band performing at the annual Jazz Jamboree - international jazz music festival. Second from right is popular singer Andrzej Rosiewicz. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565760: Roznow, 23.07.1958. Krzysztof Komeda Trzcinski born in 1931 in Poznan. He lived in Warsaw in 1969. Composer, jazz pianist, studied medicine in Poznan, jazz and film soundtrack composer well known worldwide (photo) / Bridgeman Images

FRM565766: Krzysztof Penderecki in Cracow, 23 May, 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

FRM565771: 1979. Pope John Paul II's 4th Pilgrimage to Poland. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565778: Warsaw, 25.06.1959. SAM competition, cars hand made and designed. Defilad Square. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565781: Warsaw, 25.06.1959. SAM competition, cars hand made and designed. Photographed: SAM cars on Warsaw streets. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565782: Warsaw, 25.06.1959. SAM competition, cars hand made and designed. Defilad Square. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565789: Around Nysy, 05.1957. Gypsy Tabor. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565795: Koszalin, 12.05.1957. People on streets. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565806: Paczkow, 05.1957. Women speaking on the street. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565809: Nysa, 05.1957. Children playing in the ruins. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565810: Nysa, 05.1957. Remnants of City gate. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565813: Nysa, 05.1957. Horse carriage, city buildings in background. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565819: Zakopane, 1959. Jerzy Skolimowski - Poet, boxer, film director, artist. / Bridgeman Images