Word: poznan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...William E. Schaufele Jr., who served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 1978 until last month and was actively involved in talks regarding Baranczak, called the decision to allow Baranczak to return to the University of Poznan--apparently at students' requests--"encouraging" and "a good sign...
Weintraub said people at the University of Poznan where Baranczak teaches, assured Weintraub there would...
...that was held up was that of Maciej Szczepanski, the Gierek confidant who formerly ran the state broadcasting network and now stands accused of embezzlement. Also purged were two other top party officials: Zdzislaw Grudzien, party chief in Katowice and a Politburo member, and Jerzy Zasada, party leader in Poznan. There were indications that more heads would roll at both the forthcoming Central Committee plenum and a subsequent party congress that Kania has already called...
Neither sermons, warnings nor concessions, however, appeared to sway the workers. On Wednesday, 30 new factories were struck in Wroclaw alone, including the massive PAFAWAG State Rail Transport factory. Walkouts also shut down the H. Cegielski heavy-machinery plant in Poznan. The next day, new strikes also spread to factories in Slupsk, Bydgoszcz and Grudziadz. By then the unrest had reached virtually every part of the country. Apart from the willful stoppages, the interruption of transportation links and the consequent lack of parts and raw materials forced many nonstriking factories to close down...
...When something is available," says Jadwiga Kowalska, 46, a high school teacher from Poznan, "you rush to buy as much as you can because who knows when you can get it again...