| 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.
Like Germans, Like Injury: An Article for Discussion[from: CDN - Głos Wolnego Robotnika, no. 85 (December 1984)]"CDN - Głos Wolnego Robotnika" [To Be Continued, The Voice of the Free Worker] is a weekly that has been published in Warsaw by the Interfactory Workers' Committee since mid-1982. This article, defined in the heading as "for discussion," deals with the unjust and hostile treatment of the German minority in Poland.
Unlock the Frontiers: A Conversation with a German from the GDR[from: Biuletyn Dolnośląski, no. 8(58) (December 1984)]This interview with a citizen of the GDR concerns the attitudes of East Germans toward Solidarity and the Poles in general. It also provides some information on oppositional groups in the GDR, although, possibly because of faulty transcription from a tape, not all the names can be identified.
The Lessons of the Hungarian Revolution / by Leszek Nowak[from: Obraz, no. 11(18) (1984)]This article, published in the social monthly from Szczecin, "Obraz" [The Image], discusses why Hungary resisted the restriction of its freedom in 1956 more vigorously than Poland did in 1981. A refutation of his arguments (see item 4, below) was published in a later issue of the same journal. Nowak is a non-Marxist materialist philosopher who was closely connected with the independent movement in Poland and spent several months in prison after the imposition of martial law. He became internationally known when, despite the protests of scholars in Poland and abroad, he was forbidden to teach in his faculty.
Comparing the Incomparable: A Polemic[from: Obraz, no. 1(20) (1985)]This is a reply, by an anonymous author, signing himself " . . . cka," to the article by Professor Leszek Nowak about the shortcomings of Solidarity preceding martial law (see item 3, above). "Obraz" [The Image] is a monthly published in Szczecin.
A Day in Odessa[from: Robotnik, no. 82 (17 March 1985)]This description of a brief visit to the Black Sea port of Odessa appeared in "Robotnik," a fortnightly paper issued by the members of the Interfactory Workers' Committee of Solidarity in Warsaw.
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