FRM566402: Druzkopol,, Russian Empire (at the time), Poland inter-war period, (present day Ukraine), 1915. Partition of Poland. Panorama of the city. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566411: Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, 1917 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

FRM566295: Czestochowa, inter-war period, Poland, 11.11.1938. Polish high school students with rifles marching during a parade organized on occasion of the anniversary of Poland gaining national independence. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566301: Mielnica on Dniestr, Russian Empire ( at the time), (present day Ukraine), 1916. Partitions of Poland. Panorama of the surroundings of the Greek-Catholic orthodox church. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566230: Grodno, Russian Empire (at the time), (present day Belarus), 1915. Partitions of Poland. Birds eye view of the city. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566245: Warsaw, 1941. Riksza. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566311: Lida, Russian Empire (at the time), (present day Belarus),1916. Partitions of Poland. People at small marketplace on the outskirts of the city. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566338: Jaremcze, Austria-Hungary (at the time), (present day Ukraine), 1917. Partition of Poland. Ukrainian residents in front of their house. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566404: Gdynia, inter-war period, Poland, 1937. View of passenger part of the seaport. Moored ship on the left side is liner MS Pilsudski. arch. Tomasz Wisniewski / Bridgeman Images

FRM566407: Bialystok, Poland-Russian Empire (at the time), present day Poland, 1918-1919. Partition of Poland. Main square (main marketplace). Polish army soldiers taking over the city. Up to liberation the town was occupied by the German army. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566410: Bialoystok. The home in which Ludwik Zamenhof was born (postcard) / Bridgeman Images

FRM566413: Stryj, Austria - Hungary (at the time), Poland in inter-war period, (present day Ukraine), 1915. Partitions of Poland. Fair day at market place. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566464: Lviv, inter-war Poland, Ukraine nowadays, around 1920. Assembly of the Lviv City Council at city hall. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566491: Warsaw, 06.02.1989. Okragly Stol, inauguracja obrad, Palac Namiestnikowski, n/z od lewej: Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Lech Walesa, Tadeusz Mazowiecki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566506: Warsaw, 01.05.1989. 1st of May Solidarnosc counter-demonstration. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566438: Szczecin near Lomza, interwar Poland, 1930s. Everyday life at Marshal Josef Pilsudski public school. School scout trip (photo) / Bridgeman Images

FRM566501: Warsaw, 06.11.1989. Cabinet session, Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. From left: Czeslaw Kiszczak, Minister of Internal Affairs (PZPR) and Florian Siwicki, Minister of National Defence (PZPR). / Bridgeman Images

FRM566442: Szczecin near Lomza, Inter-war Poland, 1932-1938; Everyday life at Polish - Jewish public school number 2. Students during fund-raising with charity slogan placard on their bikes encouraging to donate schools. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566469: Lviv; inter-war period, Poland (present day Ukraine), 1918 - 1919 or 1920s. Lviv Orlat (' Eaglets') Cemetery. Coffins of Polish-Lviv defenders killed during battle of Lviv against the Ukrainians. Most of the Polish soldiers were very young or school age volunteers - thats why they were called 'Eaglets'. They were mainly residents of the city. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566481: Vicinity of Lviv; inter-war Poland, nowadays Ukraine, 1920s; Hutsul family in front of their cottage in the village situated nearby Lviv. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566508: Warsaw, 01.05.1989. 1st of May Solidarity counter-demonstration. Senate and Parliamentary election candidates ended the demonstration on behalf of Solidarity. Zbigniew Bujak speaks with a microphone in hand next to Maciej Jankowski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565507: Wlodawa, 1990. Polish-Soviet relations. Border of Poland with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565528: Katowice, 1930. Ferdinand mine. Reproduction of post card. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565643: Harvest in Suchedniow 1944. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565605: Lublin, 11.06.1981. Czeslaw Milosz (30.06.1911 - 14.08.2004). Nobel prize winner in literature, poet, essayist and translator. Czeslaw was anti-Stalin and his novel 'The captive mind' show cases his beliefs. He was a Slavic language and literature professor at the University of California. (1961-1998). / Bridgeman Images

FRM565706: Warsaw, 20.02.1957. Members of the highest party and government powers during the first session of Sejm II (Parliament) term of office. Photographed from left: Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Wladyslaw Gomulka and Aleksander Zawadzki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565719: Opole, the city crest. South-Western Poland Upper Silesia, Opolishe Province 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM565751: Sopot, May 1989. Lech Kaczynski with his wife Maria Kaczynska in their home on Mieroslawskiego street. Photograph taken with the intent to use it for the election campaign before the contract parliamentary elections. / Bridgeman Images

FRM566209: Krakow, 1940. St. Mary's Basilica. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565085: Warsaw, 1955. Jasna street, Bank of Eagles project by Jan Heuricha, young project manager from Otto. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565145: Poland, 05.1974, Two men standing and chatting near truck. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565166: Turoszow, 02. 1983. Turow mining and power plant. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565169: Szczebrzeszyn, Poland, 11.1974. Horse killed in a car accident on a public road. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565190: Torun, Poland, 12.1977. Merinotex Factory - spinning mill workshop. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565193: Belchatow, 09.1977. Brown Coal open-cast mine. / Bridgeman Images

FRM565087: Warsaw 1955. Newspaper delivery services. / Bridgeman Images