Brain Top Off!

The series The Prime Minister addresses with incredible acuity the existing political system in Poland and the tensions running thru it. To grasp this series, it's a necessity to make a small return on the history of Poland.

On the eve of World War II, Poland was invaded without warning by Fascist Germany, and reduced to a frightful annihilation zone and extermination. In the twilight of War, Poland was victoriously liberated by Soviet troops and its borders were redefined at the conferences of Yalta and Potsdam.

The Government of the National Union formed in 1945 at the instigation of Stalin was succeeded by a “democratic bloc” and the Socialist Party, led by the Socialists in 1947, which merged into a unified employees ‘ party.

The new Polish state was developed under the close control over Moscow. Its leader, Bierut, delegated by the USSR, was nick-named “Polish Stalin”.

But Poland is also an eminently Catholic country. The repression of the Church by the commie state was set to be disturbed.

Gomulka, more moderate than Beirut, and in favor of a “Polish road to socialism”, was tipped to ease tensions. He started liberal reforms while Poland stayed subservient to the USSR.

The election of Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow and Pope using the moniker of John Paul II inspired the aspirations of the Polish intellectual and political freedom. Followed by repeated crises and social workers and student unrests, talks between the govt and the opposition in 1989 led on to a democratic establishment.

Between gratitude and revolt, we see the way in which the Polish disposition toward communism was sometimes paradoxical.

The kick off point of this series is the general public discovery of the Prime Minister’s private life and his commie past: he is thus compelled to resign, plunging his country into a period of political unsteadiness.

Realistically, the series The Prime Minister is set to understand the working of political institutions in Poland, together with its contradictory positions with regard to communism.

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