Poland: The Morning After (1990) - Poland after the collapse of communism
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- As communism crumbles in Poland, "Frontline" considers the hope and promise of the new Solidarity government and examines the deep economic troubles that threaten Poland's young democracy.
Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation.
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#Poland
#1990s
People didn’t understand that after 35-40 years of communism , stealing from citizens and printing money, no magical new party even an anti-communist party or gov couldn’t possibly fix it in a decade. They didn’t understand that fastening the belt was the only option out with their debt and privately owned companies collapsed during communism. Rebuilding economy is a lengthy process. Now Poland is doing well and there are so many wonderful businesses, so in a summary it’s a victorious win of solidarity, as this wouldn’t be possible under a communist regime and dictatorship.
It's amazing that I was there, however at 8 years old I can't say I remember any chaos. I was living happily as a kid.
It's weird how children remember stuff like this. I was 5 years old when Martial Law was declared and I do not remember any upheaval in my life (my parents were extremely apolitical). All I really remember is all the people on TV suddenly wearing military uniforms. We left Poland in 1987 so I missed the 1990s. It made for a really weird experience to visit Poland again in 2013 and realize that my view of Poland was still stuck in the 80s.
The Polish people will never by subjugated by the Russians. Long live a free and democratic Poland.
I was there. Rioting in the late 1980s, cheering in 1990.
I wish You were on the good side of power 😁 no cóż, inaczej byś chyba nie pisał, pozdrawiam!
@@Batorr how can you riot in the 1980s and be for communism?
Can you tell us about the post-communist hyperinflation that destroyed Poland and why did a loaf of bread cost 10,000 zlotys in 1991 and why did it cost almost 900,000 zlotys by 1995 in old zloty?
For what? Being a satellite of the US ! You fought for nothing
You thought you would live like a billionaire? How childish you are
Things were changing pretty fast back then. To think how much has changed between 1990 and 2005, and compare it with the 2008 we are still pretty much stuck in...
I missed this . I left for California in early 80s. Communism is the most thing dangerous democracy and personal freedom. Please, Poland, pray for America, that comminism won't come to USA. Its very close.....
Back when frontline was good.
it still is. their recent three-part documentary on Afghanistan is good.
@@ianhomerpura8937They are ridiculously partisan. Just watching their one on the Russian-election-interference bull@#£% made me want to break a lot of eggs.
Six years of nazi occupation forty years of communism unconquered unconquerable Niech Zyze Polska! Long Live Poland and the Polish People!
So beautifuly done documentary
Thank u for this document 🙏🏻 💙 greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 and Egypt 🇪🇬
24:39 Feels and looks like a Fellini movie.
that is a little disrespectful, no?
@@mareksicinski3726 Arthouses regard it as a compliment.
@@mareksicinski3726 You can insert that footage in Amarcord and it will fit snugly.
@@mareksicinski3726 Anyway, I have lot of admiration for the land of Copernicus, Chopin, Wajda, Polanski, Tomaszewski, Deyna, Lato, Boniek, Lewandoski, and Pajor. And I can't forget my all-time fave Billy Wilder, who was born in Sucha Beskidzka, Austro-Hungary back then in 1906, nowadays Poland.
As an American, this makes me nostalgic. I miss the PBS which was once intellectually curious and which brought the rest of the world into our homes. It has now become openly propagandistic and consumed with identity politics and navel gazing. Today’s PBS is not the PBS of 1990. The last 20 years in the US have been culturally very bleak.
No offense, but I bet you complained about PBS in 1990. You have been complaining about the direction on the US for a long time.
Trust me, people complained a lot in 1990 too. They just changed what they complain about
@@matthewmagee5357 not to mention that the politicians have a vested interest in attacking and weakening PBS
@@souvikrc4499It is Public, who the @#£% cares? There are plenty of other News channels.
@@matthewmagee5357The trend of decline is indeed the case.
@@johnnotrealname8168 do any of the other news channels do in-depth content?
Awesome piece
Translation is a bit “loose”
Solidarity was the first step that God allowed to happen to help the people in Poland but it is what happened in Russia when mr. Gorbachev left and then the next president took over before Putin this is part of the process of switching from a communist system where the state owns everything is switching to a Democratic Society. Somebody in the government including solidarity should have asked for help on how to do this but this was a normal part of accepting capital of accepting communism which no matter if they wanted to or not they accepted it and all the evil that goes with it.
Putin is a dictator
It had nothing to do with any god
Democracy for the capitalists and not the people!
dont bring a made up deity god into this mess
God DOES NOT EXIST
19:46 they- and others- didn't know what that is supposed to be
Mazowiecki believed 'social market economy'
i remember communism in Poland!we were chocked by it for 45 unable to develop as a country and feeding russia. If it was for communism we would probably have nukes by this day.
How exactly did Poland feed Russia? We had no Polish food in the USSR.
@@runoflife87 Polish People's Republic and other Eastern Block states was just a colonys of ussr
@@pep-qew the only Eastern Block country that highly depended on the USSR was Bulgaria. Hell, even East Germany wasn't that socialist and used some kind of independence when mentioning foreign policy. Socialist Poland bought a lot of West European technical licenses (Ursus, FSO, Jelcz) which would've beeen absolutely unable if the country was a"colony".
@@runoflife87 he wasn't talking about the literal sense. Ukraine has more fertile land, so it wasn't Poland providing USSR with food, but there were other exports.
@@filipkogut8533 modern Poland is more dependable on importing technologies and exports less products than communist Poland. Who's the one to blame - mr. Walensa or mr. Kachinsky?
Towards a market economy .
They use the old Austrian word for Oranges: Pomarantschen (from Italian: Pomarancio)
Thank you for this info, I’m always fascinated by how all the countries in Europe mix food, language and culture. There are so many examples of this, I’d like to make a list some time. I just want to know why you say it’s the “old” Austrian word for oranges?? I don’t speak Austrian, actually I though Austrians speak German. Do Austrians have a new word for oranges??
Pomarancio - Pomarancia - Pomarańcza (plural Pomarańcze)
It was so fake. The communists became capitalists, the general who imposed martial law a president, Walesa was an agent working for communist government etc. Average Polish people lost again.
Stop doing drugs buddy xD
@@bohomazdesign725 Hes true tho
I am pretty sure this was not so.
@@bohomazdesign725Everything he said is true and documented.
@@johnnotrealname8168 you can even see it in this video, former nomenklatura guy has become a capitalist. That was the typical story as it was not the working people who were able to get their head around of how this new world works. Nomenklatura and former agents were educated, spoke languages are were already "connected". It was a noticeable wave. Other things are also true - gen. Jaruzelski did become the president (although he was forced to step down by fast moving events), Wałęsa was indeed an informant of the communist secret services in the 70s. The people who lived in the 90s and 00s did have very very very tough lives. So you can say they "lost".
Bits of propaganda would be a better titles
The West forgave the majority of Poland’s debt and really helped them build their economy. Poland is now a success. But they also have become arrogant and are troubled by reactionary internal politics.
Pooland was a mistake
What success? They are a pool of cheap labor for the west and a medieval thinking nation
A success? It is a proto clerical fascist country that offers no future for working people, especially the young ones who emigrate in millions to various countries. They have an obsession with Rússia and that is what keeps them alive.
a signficiant part of the foreign debt by IMF debt
It didn't 'really help' poland build the economy, but private investors allowed a very imperfect form of early development
@@mareksicinski3726Well given that the U.S. was basically feeding the soviet union, I am glad the U.S. was being this generous to Poland. Freeing the market will never be easy but hot diggity damn is it awesome!
Poland 70-80s: 😀
Poland 90s: 😠🚩🚫
stupid communist
it was the other way round
Bruh do you have literally ANY idea about basic Polish history? 80s were the worst decade in Poland since WW2, due to idiotic economic decisions of the communist government (mainly taking HUGE loans from west to sponsor their central planned development programmes that were completely unsustainable) the government in desperation introduced food stamps that youd have to stand in line for days (and then stand in line again for days to cash them, praying they actually have products to give you like bread, eggs, sugar etc - meat became luxurious item). It was a complete failure of the central planned economy and protests due to the situation were brutally repressed by communists introducing martial law, murdering multiple people in the process.
The 90s were rough but now Poland is said to have higher income per family than UK by the end of the decade... UK that in 1990s was like 10 times more developed and richer than Poland.
Capitalism is a terrible system, but compared to communism it is heaven on earth.
Yeah not sure the Poles feel that way.
1990 is the outcome of the 80's and not of the 90's