Romek Strzałkowski
- Birth Date:
- 20.03.1943
- Death date:
- 28.06.1956
- Burial date:
- 02.07.1956
- Length of life:
- 13
- Days since birth:
- 29631
- Years since birth:
- 81
- Days since death:
- 24781
- Years since death:
- 67
- Extra names:
- Roman Strzałkowski
- Categories:
- Schoolboy, schoolgirl, Victim of repression (genocide) of the Soviet regime
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Poznań, Junikowo cemetery
Roman "Romek" Strzałkowski (1943–1956) was a 13-year-old pupil killed during anti-communist protests in Poznań in 1956. He has become one of the best-known symbols of anti-communist resistance in Poland. Since 1981, one of Poznań's streets has been named after him.
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28.06.1956 | Poznań 1956 protests
The Poznań 1956 protests, also known as the Poznań 1956 uprising or Poznań June (Polish: Poznański Czerwiec), were the first of several massive protests against the government of the People's Republic of Poland. Demonstrations by workers demanding better conditions began on June 28, 1956 at Poznań's Cegielski Factories and were met with violent repression. A crowd of approximately 100,000 gathered in the city center near the local Ministry of Public Security building. About 400 tanks and 10,000 soldiers of the People's Army of Poland and the Internal Security Corps under Polish-Soviet general Stanislav Poplavsky were ordered to suppress the demonstration and during the pacification fired at the protesting civilians.