Poznań 1956 protests

When

Jun 1956

Kind

Protest

Deaths

57

Coordinates

52.41° N, 16.92° E

Description

demonstration against the communist regime in Poland

Injured

500

Protest against communist Polish government

The first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic took place in Poznań from 28 to 30 June 1956. Demonstrations by workers demanding better working conditions began at Poznań's Cegielski Factories and were met with violent repression.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Poznań 1956 protests: Labour riots in Poznań, Poland, are crushed with heavy loss of life”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Posener Aufstand in Polen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “подавление выступления рабочих в Познани, сопровождавшееся человеческими жертвами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “波兰爆发群众抗议共产党政府的波兹南事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ポズナンでポーランド反ソ暴動起こる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page