6. Independence Reborn and the Demons of the Velvet Revolution

Abstract

I. To understand the history of Poland is to believe in miracles. Consider this: If you supposed in 1984 that in five years time Poland would regain its liberty and independence, you would really have had to believe in miracles. However, the Polish nation, Catholic and God-fearing, didn’t really have faith in this miracle. After all, who among us at Gazeta Wyborcza thought back then that soon enough we would come to work in a large and important daily newspaper, respected both in Poland and a..