The 1970 Polish Massacre : A Reality of Communist Rule

Every year in Poland, that incident of communist cruelty is remembered, in which the communist group, while carrying out its dictatorial activities, brutally killed hundreds of common protesters.

During this incident, more than a thousand people were injured and the communist administration, along with the security forces, arrested and imprisoned more than 3000 people.

In fact, in the year 1970, the common Polish public carried out protests in the northern region of Poland from 14 to 19 December. Due to rising inflation, shortage of food items and food crisis, the common people took to the streets and started protesting.

During this movement, communist rule was established in Poland, which was influenced by the communist powers of the Soviet Union. After the demonstrations, anger and resentment of the common people, the communist government of Poland felt that this movement would uproot them from the root.

For this reason, the communist government brought its military unit Polish People's Army and Citizen Militia on the ground and as a result, innocent people not only became victims of violence but some people also died untimely.

Actually, in the month of November-December of the year 1970, the communist government of Poland increased the price of basic commodities unexpectedly. This mainly included milk products, which were used for the maintenance of children.

To crush these demonstrations, the communist army and militia started indiscriminate firing on the general public and started massacring the common Polish people. According to unofficial figures, hundreds of people were massacred, but the communist regime officially accepted the death of only 44 people to hide the cruelty of this massacre.

Apart from this, the bodies of the dead were 'disposed' by the communist army in the darkness of the night so that this massacre could not be discussed and its extent was not exposed.

Senior journalist and writer of Poland Jan Polowski has mentioned this entire incident in his book, in which he has exposed the truth of communist cruelty. In his book, he has described how the common people started their demonstrations in the coastal areas of the northern Baltic cities in protest against bad governance, inflation, food crisis and communist dictatorship.

These demonstrations of the common people had given sleepless nights to the communist regime and they realized that if this movement was not stopped, the foundations of their power could be shaken.

The most interesting incident among these demonstrations was that as soon as the communist officials tried to persuade the common people to give up the agitation and return to work, they used the loudspeaker from the police car for this. The protesters, on hearing the sound of this loudspeaker, took possession of this loudspeaker and called for a general strike. After this, the crowd of protesters kept increasing till late evening and riots, arson and other violent incidents kept coming to the fore in different areas due to the bad policies of the communist government.

In his speech included in a TV program on December 16, the then communist Deputy Prime Minister of Poland criticized the protesters. By the night of 17 December, the communist army and police had set up their camp in the northern part of the country and after the statement of the communist leader and the deputy prime minister of Poland, the communist army started firing on the employees and protesters, during which 11 people were killed immediately.

To carry out this massacre, the communist regime had included 5000 policemen of the special force and more than 27000 communist soldiers, who were fully equipped with modern weapons and war equipment. The cruelty of the communist regime once again established its power with the blood of the common people and watered the tree of its power with the same blood.

This is the truth of the communist ideology, examples of which are seen in all those areas of the world where communist rule has been established. After all, the ideology which considers communist dictators like Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro as its leader and ideal, it is natural for terror and autocracy to be included in its activities.