Drops of blood on the postcard commemorating the events of December '70
Poczta Polska issued a postcard today to commemorate the events of December '70. The first shots were fired on December 15 in Gdańsk. The real massacre occurred two days later in Gdynia, when the army and the militia fired about defenseless people going to work in the morning. According to official data, at least 45 people were killed 50 years ago and 1165 were injured.
Drops of blood and outstretched hand with scales after cartridges - this is a graphic element of the latest emission of Poczta Polska. On the side there is the inscription "December '70" and the names of four cities in which the workers' massacre occurred, i.e.: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin and Elbląg.
- Workers' protests bloody suppressed by the communist authorities on the coast in 1970 are such events that every Pole should remember. That is why Poczta Polska decided to claim the respect of victims from 50 years ago, issuing a postcard with a printed post fee "December '70. We wanted to recall the bestiality with which workers were treated, which is why the card included symbolic spots of blood and hand with bloody scales. In the postmark sign we recalled a photo of Maciej Jasiecki with a poster: Shipyards are on strike, support us to show the horror and fear in which the protesters came to act. The strikes of December 1970 are part of the Polish road to freedom, and the undeniable duty of our company is to remind the young generation that it is thanks to such events that we have this freedom today - said Wiesław Włodek, vice president of Poczta Polska.
Emission of neck on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the massacre on the coast is not the only postal commemoration of anti -communist movements this year. In March, the emission of "Road to Freedom" entered circulation, which consists of 9 stamps depicting the most important events from the history of the Polish 20th century. Among them are, among others The events of June 1956, celebration of the millennium of the baptism of Poland, protests of workers on the coast of 1970 and the first pilgrimage of John Paul II to their homeland. The stamp commemorating Grudzień'70 illustrates the most dramatic event of those days, i.e. a procession of residents of Gdynia carrying the body of "Janek Wiśniewski". A crowd of demonstrators walking ul. Czerwone Kosynierów (currently Morska Street) was immortalized by officers of the security authorities of the Polish People's Republic during operational activities. Next to the photograph, the author of the stamp placed a photo showing the viaduct at the SKM Gdynia Stocznia station, which is an requisition material. Currently, it is in the collections of the Institute of National Remembrance.
In August this year, on the 40th anniversary of NSZZ "Solidarność" Poczta Polska issued a stamp depicting a hand arranged in a gesture of "Victoria"-a symbol of victory in which the contours placed a fragment of a photo symbolizing the crowd of protesters.
- NSZZ "Solidarność" is a symbol of a free and independent country and a proud nation that can fight for his rights and dignity, without agreeing to impose foreign forces. Thanks to the activities of the anti -communist opposition, Poland was able to become sovereign again. "Solidarity" was a spontaneous movement, a resistance movement and opposition to communist authorities. Poczta Polska honored this social movement by introducing a stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of an union - said Tomasz Zdzikot, president of the board of Poczta Polska.
About a card:
Card project: Jan Konarzewski
Number of stamps: 1
Value: A
circulation: 8,000
Print technique: offset
format card: 148 x 105 mm
entry into circulation: 16.12.2020.