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2 unusual facts about Stanisław Mikołajczyk


Stanisław Mikołajczyk

Film The Right to Vote (O Prawo Głosu, 2008, director: Janusz Petelski) tells the story of Mikołajczyk's (played by Adam Ferency) struggle.

He was born in Westphalia in western Germany, where his parents had gone to look for work in the wealthy mining regions, as many Poles—known as Ruhr Poles—did in the 19th century.


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This has included General Józef Haller de Hallenburg, Prime Minister Stanisław Mikołajczyk as well as Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa.

Warsaw airlift

There was a strong disposition in Allied circles to approve a second USAAF mission; the Polish premier in exile in London, Stanisław Mikołajczyk appealed to Churchill who telephoned the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe on 27 September to request a second mission after which, Roosevelt too ordered a second Frantic delivery to Warsaw.


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