Wojciech Jaruzelski, revisiting Polish history.(former president may be tried for his part in putting down the 1970 shipyard strikes)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | August 26, 2000 | Copyright

ONCE in a while, a glimpse into history helps to concentrate the mind. Take the life of Wojciech Jaruzelski, the apparatchik-soldier who ruled Poland under martial law. His has been an extraordinary saga, filled with tough choices. His story is also that of Poland: a noble birth, invasion, war, communism and its downfall--and perhaps retribution for its crimes. For, as part of a wider effort to confront the past, Mr Jaruzelski now faces trial for his part in the bloody quelling of the 1970 shipyard strikes that helped launch Poland's organised, anti- communist opposition.

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