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

FRM565176: Belchatow, 11.1975. Brown open cast mine. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565224: Biadki 1934. Railway track workers at work. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563758: Pope John Paul II in his 'popemobile' in Cracow Blonia. Over two million people took part i the mass held on 18 August 2002. It was the tird day of the Pope's pilgrimage to Poland. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563761: Zebrzydowska Calvary, 19.08.2002. Pope John Paul II's ninth Pilgrimage to Poland. Pope passing his statue in his pope-mobile. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563764: Wadowice, 19-08-2002. Pope John Paul II's ninth Pilgrimage to Poland. Believers waving at Pope's helicopter. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563779: Warsaw, 04.1989. 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. Yasser Arafat's visit to Poland. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563788: Krakow, 08.03.1988. NZS and Freedom and Peace demonstrations on anniversary of March 1968 Polish Political Crisis. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563791: Grand Hall - Medallion with portrait of King Stanislaw August, done by Andre Le Brun, 1777-1781. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563794: Marble room - General view in the direction of the Yellow room. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563803: Guard Calvary Hall and the Grand staircase. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563809: Yellow room, general view. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563830: Toasting glass with Polish emblem and the King's monogram 18th century. king's castle 2002. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563833: Warsaw, King's Castle.Handle of th sword that was used t coronate King Stanislaw August 1764. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563854: Turoszow, 1962. Turow mining and power plant. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563869: 06.1958. Soviet motorcycle friendship ride on route: Moscow, Terespol, Siedlce, Wyszkow, Pultusk, Olsztynek, Olsztyn, Grunwald, Warsaw. Photographed: soviet riders. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563884: Popular singer, Slawa Przybylska, 1960s. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563890: July 1964. Polish-Russian relations. KPZR I secretary Nikita Chruszczow accompanied by his delegation fly to Poland to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland. Photographed: Wladyslaw Gomulka and Nikita Chruszczow. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563899: Warsaw, 05.1959. Eric Koch on the accused bench. He was sentenced to death on 9 May 1959 but the verdict was never carried out. He died in prison in Barczew at 90 years old. He was secretly buried at a cemetery in Barczew. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563917: December 1964. Polish-Soviet relations. VII Polish - Soviet Friendship Society. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563929: Wadowice, town in Souther Poland, 50km from Cracow, the birthplace of pope John Paul II. Virgin Mary's Offertory minor basilica at the market square. at right: faimly house of the pope Lesser Poland Province, 2003 / Bridgeman Images

FRM563938: April, 1973. Shooting lessons in Polish Army Aviation Regiment in Poznan. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563953: Warsaw, Poland, 01.1978. Victory Square ( Plac Zwyciestwa) nowadays Pilsudski Square ( Plac Pilsudskiego). Changing of honour guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument at winter time. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563962: Katowice, 03.1977. Steel workers using blast furnace in Huta Krakow. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564004: Bialorus, 1934. Fashion and fabrics practical lesson for older female pupils. the boys took a locksmith workshop instead. Photograph taken by Bronislaw Buniakowski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564028: Turoszow, 1950-1960s. Turow mining and power plant, Turoszow brown coal open-pit mining. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564031: Turoszow, 1950-1960s. Turow mining and power plant, Turoszow brown coal open-pit mining. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564073: Bialorus 1934. Picnic inviting summer. Photograph taken by Bronislaw Buniakowski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564100: Lodz, 1974. Andrzej Wajda - meeting with junior high school students. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564127: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24.12.1798-26.11.1855). Polish romantic poet, author of poetic novels 'Dziady', 'Konrad Wallenroad' and 'Grazyna'. Adam was active in the struggle for independence from the Russian empire. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564184: Warsaw, 05.04.2005. Pilsudskiego Sqaure - Another day of mourning after the death of Pope John Paul II. National Mass held in remembrance of the Pope's first mass in Polnd in 1979. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564199: 1942. King George VI and General Sikorski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564202: 1941. General Sikorski decorating Polish navy soldiers aboard the Grom-class destroyer ship. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564235: 1948. Polish People's Army, 4th Assault Aviation Regiment from Bydgoszcz. archive Foka / Bridgeman Images

FRM564238: 11.11.1979. President Bronislaw Maria Komorowski(left), (born 04.06.1952). Politician, social activist and current President of the Republic of Poland. Former Marshal of the Sejm. Former Acting President after the death of President Lech Kaczynski. Bronislaw Komorowski was the Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564250: Stanislaw Moniuszko (05.05.1819-04.06.1872). The father of Polish national opera. Polish composer, conductor and teacher. / Bridgeman Images