FRM565238: Warsaw, 07.06.1989. American singer Joan Baez sings for Solidarnosc supporters in tractor factory in Ursus after Solidarnorsc's victory in parliamentary elections. Solidarity banner and piano in background. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564078: Opole, ceiling ornament, crest of the Piast dynasty, St Ann's Chapel in Holy Trinity Church. place of Piast dynasty princes' tombs. South-Western Poland Upper Silesia, Opolishe Province 2001 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564105: Warsaw Politechnic College, 1972. High tension Laboratory. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564114: Bialystok, Poland, 02.1971. Men at the bazaar. Client asking about shoes. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564123: Gniezno, 03.03.1979. Pope John Paul II's first Pilgrimage to Poland. In photo: Pope and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564138: Warsaw. Ceremony at Legia stadium after Poland advanced to the World cup finals in 1974. Kazimierz Deyna (right) (23.10.1947 - 01.09.1989). Polish footballer, and one of the best markers in international football. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564177: Gdansk, 1989. Celebrations at Westerplatte. Pictured: Lech Walesa, Wojciech Jaruzeski; Tadeusz Mazowiecki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564183: Warsaw, 02-03.04.2005. Zamkowy Square. Warsaw residents praying after receiving news of the death of the Pope, in Saint Anna Church. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564189: Warsaw, 08.04.2005. Day of Pope John Paul II's funeral which was held in the Vatican. Warsaw residents go on a thanksgiving march i honor of Pope John Paul II. 200 000 people (mainly young) took part in the march. At 21.37 which is the time when the Pope died, sirens were sounded and everyone lifted a candle in the air. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564228: Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (04.02.1746 - 15.10.1817), Polish-Lithuanian army general during the Kosciuszko uprising against imperialist Russia and Prussia in 1794. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565266: Katowice 16.12.1981. Martial Law in Poland, The pacification of 'Wujek' strike. In pictured: a miner hurt during an attack at the mine. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565308: Warsaw, 19.08.1972. Coca-Cola delivery. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565320: Warsaw, Poland, 18.08.1979. Outdoor shoe stand at the with supplies and goods needed for school outside the Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki). / Bridgeman Images

FRM565329: Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, 26.01.1970. Filling up the car with petrol. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565347: Plonsk, Poland, 19.12.1971. Mannequin in a shop window. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565593: Lublin, Poland, 1975. Holiday fair. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565632: Poland, 1978. Train passengers during a trip. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565635: Poland, 1978. Train passengers during a trip. / 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FRM565821: 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 Zamkowy Square, Old Town. / 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

FRM565875: Warsaw, 22.07.1969. 10th Anniversary Stadium. Sports presentation on the 25th Anniversary of PRL. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565890: Gdansk, November 1982. Gdansk residents await the arrival of Lech Walesa released from internment in Arlamow, in front of a residential block of flats in Zaspa neighbourhood. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565899: Wizajny, Inter-war period Poland, 1930s. Funeral of a man named Ziniewicz. Priest Balukiewicz stands by the coffin. Picture from Jadwiga Walecka's family album. Information about picture given by Jadwiga Walecka. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565902: Rydzewski, approximately 1948. Photgraph from Krzywicki (from Stabienszczyny) album. Child's funeral. Information fromKrzywicki family. Reproduction Andrzej Sidor / Bridgeman Images

FRM565908: Photograph from Leon Ludorf's family (from Krasnopol) album. Polish army, before World War II. Information from Leon Ludorf. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565920: Suwalszczyzna, Inter-war eriod Poland. Picture from Andrzej Sidors archive. Child and woman feeding hens at farmyard. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565968: Warsaw, 1958. Krucza street, parking behind CDD. / Bridgeman Images