| Summary: | Extracts from Polish underground publications compiled and translated into English by the RFE Polish Publication Unit for broadcasting purposes. Introductions to most articles are provided by RFE staff, and items are compiled in issues based mainly on theme and date.
The Killing of Marcin Antonowicz[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 145 (7 November 1985)]This is a report on the circumstances of the death of a Gdańsk University student who died while in police custody. "Tygodnik Mazowsze" is the main Solidarity publication in the Warsaw area.
Socialist Law and Order[from: Rozwaga i Solidarność (May 1985)]The monthly publication, "Reason and Solidarity," issued in the Gdańsk shipyards, describes cases of harassment of clergy and churchgoers and, in the next item, a retaliation of sorts by a local parish priest.
No Comment[from: Praworządność, no. 10/11 (August 1985)]The monthly publication of the Committee in Defense of the Rule of Law (Polish acronym KOP) prints a letter of official complaint from the parents of an 11-year-old girl arrested and interrogated by the police.
The Place of a Pacifist in Poland[from: KOS, no. 78 (8 August 1985)]The Warsaw fortnightly of the Committee for Social Defense describes one of the first cases of a pacifist being arrested for refusing to serve in the armed forces. He was given a suspended sentence. Since then several such cases have been punished with fines or jail terms. Some do it out of pacifist convictions, others because they refuse to swear the oath, which includes a phrase about coming to the aid of the "fraternal Soviet Union" in case of need.
A Letter from Mrs. Mickiewicz[from: KOS, no. 81 (6 October 1985)]These are excerpts from a letter from the wife of Marek Mickiewicz, a member of the opposition who was given a two-year sentence for membership in an illegal organization and the distribution of illegal publications.
The Elections as Evidence of Normalization[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 143/144 (24 October 1985)]This brief item in the main Solidarity weekly for the Warsaw region describes the electoral campaign as interpreted by the police in a small area in southeastern Poland.
After the Tragedy in Włocławek[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 140 (19 September 1985)]The Solidarity publication in the Warsaw area publishes a statement by one of the independent social groups describing the background of a medical disaster in a children 's clinic in a town northeast of Warsaw.
Homeless People[from: Biuletyn Dolnośląski, no. 6(64) (July 1985)]The Wrocław monthly publishes a report given at a conference in Częstochowa by a private social worker on the living conditions of some Poles. It Is followed by an editorial comment.
Those Who Help[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 143/144 (24 October 1985)]The Warsaw Solidarity weekly describes the most important charitable organization to emerge in Poland since the imposition of martial law.
Not a Serious Story[from: Homek, no. 21 (June 1985)]Despite the title, this story published in the monthly publication of the Alternative Movement in Gdańsk reflects on the helplessness of the ordinary citizen in the face of the police.
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