Polish songs about events

[Bonobo]

In 1980 a fire broke out in a psychiatric hospital. Out of about 300 patients, 56 died in result, trapped in locked rooms with barred windows.
















This moving song was composed by two famous Polish bards: Kaczmarski and Gintrowski.

WE DON`T WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM HERE



Another version from a feature film



At 0:44 music softens and such lyrics appear:
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Most are sleeping, though, smiling while dreaming,
But those who wake up, don`t believe the awakening
The scream isn`t echoing in insulated rooms,
Their fright is silenced on roasting beds.

Those tied to their beds by smoke
Are uttering the words of their life
Floor tiles are glowing under feet
Red sparks are raining on the heads.

[Bonobo]

The next painful event which became another date on the list of communist crimes against the Polish nation was December 1970. In all major cities of the Polish coast, the communist police and army shot at workers who demanded lower prices of food. The greatest tragedy happened in Gdynia, where tanks and helicopters were used to massacre the peaceful crowd of workers coming to work. Officially communists admitted to only 46 dead, but witnesses and doctors who looked after shot people suggested hundreds of victims.

Gomułka ordered the army to fire on the workers as they protested in the street. Another leader, Stanisław Kociołek, appealed to the workers to return to work. But in Gdynia the soldiers had orders to stop workers returning to work, and they fired into the crowd of workers emerging from their trains on December 17: hundreds of workers were killed or wounded. The protest movement then spread to other cities, leading to strikes and occupations.
All those who perished were buried overnight, with only the closest relatives present.


Read more: polandsite.proboards.com/thread/70/polish-resistance-communism?page=1#ixzz3rVDyAw00

Janek Wisniewski has fallen is probably the most popular Polish anticommunist song ever.


Original version by Krystyna Janda with documentary photos


Rock version with documentary footage


Rock version, with historical drama scenes



The drama film about the events



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janek_Wi%C5%9Bniewski