https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.5764
The events that took place in Poland in 1988 and 1989 had an impact on local communities, and the community of Lidzbark Warmiński was no exception. They prompted a shift in social attitudes. Lidzbark residents adopted a more radical stance in the autumn of 1988, which elicited a response from the local communist party and the administrative authorities. From the communists’ point of view, the semi-free parliamentary elections and free Senate elections were the key instruments to upholding communist rule in the country (and the town) and diffusing social tensions. The article examines the policy changes introduced by the local authorities in Lidzbark Warmiński in 1989 in the wake of deteriorating social attitudes and Polish political transformations (between the autumn of 1988 and early 1990). The article provides insights into the main events that took place in Lidzbark Warmiński at the time, including the birth of opposition movements and grassroots initiatives in the local community.
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