Andrzej Gwiazda
Polish trade unionist (born 1935)
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- Andrzej Gwiazda (born 14 April 1935) is a Polish trade unionist.
- Life and activism Gwiazda's father was a sailor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, stationed in Pińsk (now Belarus), where the family moved in 1939, a few months before the outbreak of World War II.
- After capitulation of Poland he was caught by the Germans, and spent the war in Oflag II-C in Woldenberg.
- After the return and reuniting with Stanisław Gwiazda, the family first settled in Upper Silesia, then they moved to Gdańsk, where Andrzej studied electronics at Gdańsk University of Technology, graduating in 1966.
Andrzej Gwiazda (born 14 April 1935) is a Polish trade unionist. A participant in the 1968 and December 1970 protests, he was one of the founders of the Free Trade Unions of the Coast and vice president of Solidarity from 1980 to 1981 before his December 1981 arrest during the martial law period.
Life and activism
Gwiazda's father was a sailor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, stationed in Pińsk (now Belarus), where the family moved in 1939, a few months before the outbreak of World War II. His father Stanisław fought in the Polish September Campaign, as a soldier of Independent Operational Group Polesie. After capitulation of Poland he was caught by the Germans, and spent the war in Oflag II-C in Woldenberg. Young Andrzej, together with mother Zofia (née Zamojska) and grandmother, was in 1940 deported by the Soviets (see Soviet invasion of Poland, Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)) to Kazakhstan, where they stayed until 1946. After the return and reuniting with Stanisław Gwiazda, the family first settled in Upper Silesia, then they moved to Gdańsk, where Andrzej studied electronics at Gdańsk University of Technology, graduating in 1966. After graduation, he worked at Cybernetics Institute of the University, and in 1973 took a job at Power Supplies Factory Elmor in Gdańsk.
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