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Gdańsk was the scene of anti-government demonstrations which led to the downfall of Poland's communist leader Władysław Gomułka in December 1970, and ten years later was the birthplace of the Solidarity trade union movement, whose opposition to the government helped end of communist party rule in 1989 and the election as president of Poland ...
This is a list of aristocratic families of the Royal City of Gdańsk (German: Danzig). It encompasses minority Polish and majority Prussian (German) nobility. A ...
State Archives in Gdańsk (Polish: Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku, AP) is one of Poland's regional state archives. The archive in the city of Gdańsk (German: Danzig) was founded under Prussian jurisdiction in 1901. The headquarters is located at Wałowa 5 Street in Gdańsk. The office in Gdynia is located at Handlowa 11 street. [1]
Donald Tusk (born 1957), former President of the European Council & Prime Minister of Poland, journalist and historian; Marek Kamiński (born 1964), traveler; Paweł Adamowicz (1965–2019), politician, Mayor of Gdańsk; Aneta Kręglicka (born 1965), model and dancer, Miss World 1989; Grzegorz Kacała (born 15 1966), rugby player
The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. [4]
In the 1530s, Dutch Mennonites from what is now the Netherlands and Belgium moved to the area of Danzig (Gdańsk) Poland's principal seaport, which was connected to the Low Countries by traditional grain trade. Menno Simons apparently visited the community in 1549 and in 1569 Dirk Philips founded the first Mennonite Church in Danzig. Soon about ...
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