Zbigniew bujak biography for kids

Biography:

Zbigniew Bujak led the Solidarity underground in the Warsaw region from the imposition of martial law in 1981 until his arrest in 1986.

Born in 1954 and trained as an electrical technician and soldier, Bujak became active in the opposition in 1978 while he was working at the Ursus tractor factory. After organizing a strike in 1980, Bujak became the leader of the Warsaw (Mazowsze) region of Solidarity in 1981.

Zbigniew bujak biography for kids

Escaping capture in Gdansk on the night martial law was declared, Bujak traveled underground back to Warsaw where he set up one of the most elaborate and effective underground operations ever known. After his release from prison in a general amnesty, Bujak continued to lead Solidarity for the Mazowsze region until 1989.

He was one of Solidarity’s leading negotiators in the “Round Table Negotiations,” during which he and his colleagues negotiated a peaceful compromise with the communists and set the stage for the rise of democratic governance in Polan