Zaryn is a leading Polish historian and authority on the history of the Catholic Church in Poland during the 20th Century. A prolific author, Zaryn is a former democratic activist who was arrested and imprisoned by the communist regime in 1982....

Andrzej Grajewski is Polish political scientist, and member of the College of the Institute of National Remembrance (1999-2006). An active member of Solidarity, Grajewski was involved in underground communications and providing aid to the interned and their families following the imposition of martial law in...

Nowak was employed at the Lenin Steel mill from 1969 to 1985. In 1980, he joined Solidarity After the introduction of martial law, he was initially living in hiding, a month later he was arrested and sentenced by a military court to 3 1/2 year...

Ligia was a close collaborator with Solidarity chaplain Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko. In November 1981 she was viciously beaten by “unknown attackers.” From December 1981 to February 1982 she lived in hiding. In June 1982 she was arrested and kept in custody for 2 weeks then...

Dr. Głębocki is a Professor of History at Poland’s leading Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He specializes in the history of Eastern Europe; and the policies of the former USSR towards its member states. He also writes and lectures extensively on Polish-Russian relations and the history...

Stawrowski is a Political philosopher, professor at the Institute of Political Science at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University and the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is also the Co-founder and director of the Institute of Thought of Jozef Tischner in...

Marek Lasota is a historian working at the Institute of National Remembrance. Lasota authored the book Denouncing Wojtyla: Karol Wojtyla in Polish Communist Secret Service Records, the first comprehensive study of secret service records focusing on Karol Wojtyla, with documents dating from the period between...

Bogusław Sonik is a Polish politician and former Solidarity activist. Following the birth of Solidarity in 1980 he served as the vice-president of the Małopolska region of Solidarity until 1982. He was a regional delegate to the 1st National Assembly of the Independent Solidarity Trade...