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36th Anniversary Of Lech Walesa Winning Nobel Peace Prize

Lech Walesa, the first democratically-elected President of Poland, seen during a public meeting in Rzeszow's Bristol Hotel. Thirty-six years ago, on October5, 1983, Lech Walesa, the leader of Solidarity at that time, Poland’s first independent trade union, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign for freedom of organisation. On Friday, October 4, 2019, in Rzeszow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #4952700
Date taken: 4 October 2019
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Photographer: Artur Widak/NurPhoto
Category: Human Interest

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