Poznań protests of 1956
The Poznań protests of 1956, also known as Poznań June (), were the first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic. Demonstrations by workers demanding better working conditions began on 28 June 1956 at Poznań's Cegielski Factories and were met with violent repression.

A crowd of approximately 100,000 people gathered in the city centre near the local Ministry of Public Security building. About 400 tanks and 10,000 soldiers of the Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps under the command of the Polish-Soviet general Stanislav Poplavsky were ordered to suppress the demonstration and during the pacification fired at the protesting civilians.

The death toll is estimated from 57 to over a hundred people, including a 13-year-old boy, Romek Strzałkowski. Hundreds of people sustained injuries. The Poznań protests were an important milestone on the way to the Polish October and the installation of a less Soviet-controlled government.
Q211274
Polish People's Republic
LOC
Q268
Poznań
LOC
Q689912
Cegielski Factories
ORG
Q1432024
Ministry of Public Security
ORG
Q1143263
Polish People's Army
ORG
Q6047737
Internal Security Corps
MEDIA
Q1361127
Stanislav Poplavsky
PER
Q7363041
Romek Strzałkowski
PER
Q1547540
Polish October
TIME
Q52967
Poznań protests of 1956
EVE
1956-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1956
DATE
1956-06-28T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
28 June 1956
DATE
+100.000^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
100,000
NUMBER
+57^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
57
NUMBER
+13^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
13
NUMBER
point in time
location
number of deaths
headquarters location