
April 11, 1973 · 53 years old

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.

The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.

September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.