Historia de Polonia

Modern history of Poland

In 1914 World War I began. On November 11, 1918, proclaimed the independence of Poland. The office of the Chief of the State occupied Piłsudski. World War I ended on November 11, 1918.

In 1921 the Constitution was proclaimed in March. After 1926 Poland was declared a republic.

Concentration Camp - Auschwitz

On September 1, 1939 began with the German attack on Westerplatte WWII (lasted until 2 September 1945). The 17th entered the Soviet Army in Poland and then Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. In consequence of these military operations Poland lost its independence. In the areas occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union killed millions of Poles, mostly Jews, in Nazi concentration camps, but also by starvation and executions. The most famous death camp that killed many Jews, Poles and other nationalities is located in Oświęcim (Auschwitz).

John Paul II

In 1955 he signed the Warsaw Pact - a military agreement of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Albania) who were under the domination of the Soviet Union.

On October 16, 1978 Karol Wojtyla, a Cardinal of Krakow was elected Pope and takes the name John Paul II. It was the first pope since the fifteenth century is not Italian. John Paul II died on 2 April 2005. The successor to John Paul II Benedict XVI.

General Wojciech Jaruzelski in the day December 13, 1981 declared a state of war.

Roundtable Discussions (1989)

In 1989 discussions were held in the Round Table, where the Communist Party allowed to organize free elections won by the Solidarity bloc candidates. <

Tadeusz Mazowiecki - non-communist Prime Minister
Lech Wałęsa - President of Poland
Aleksander Kwaśniewski - President of Poland since 1995
Lech Kaczyński - current president of Poland since 2005

Poland entered NATO in 1998 and 2004 in the European Union.

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