Wujek Coal Mine

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Kopalnia Wujek (English: the "Uncle" Mine) is a coal mine in Katowice, Poland. It is a household name in Poland as the place of a massacre of civilians by Communist forces on 16th December 1981. On that day, miners striking against the declaration of martial law in Poland by Wojciech Jaruzelski were brutally dispersed by the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (communists' army), the Milicja Obywatelska (communists' police) and ZOMO (communists' riot police). ZOMO opened fire on the miners, killing 9 and wounding 21 others.

Wujek coal Mine in 1930
Wujek coal Mine in 1930

Legal proceedings against the perpatrators continue to this day in Poland.


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