Citizens’ Committee session

The Citizens’ Committee at the Head of NSZZ “Solidarity” Lech Wałęsa became an informal organization ready to negotiate with the communist authorities. It was made up of numerous “Solidarity” members, dissidents and human rights activists. Pictured from the left: Bronisław Geremek – renowned historian of Jewish origin, chairman of the Expert Team at the Inter-Factory Strike Committee in 1980, participant of the Round Table talks. Andrzej Stelmachowski - Home Army soldier, professor of law at the University of Warsaw, member of the Expert Team at the Inter-Factory Strike Committee in Gdańsk in 1980, participant of the Round Table talks. Lech Wałęsa - leader of the workers’ strike of 1980, Solidarity chairman, participant of the Round Table talks, the first Polish President elected in free elections.