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Lech Walesa

From electrician to labor leader to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to elected President of Poland, Lech Walesa was a key player in Poland's transition from communism. In 1980, he led the 10 million-member Solidarity labor movement, engaging workers in the struggle for human rights. He will meet with guests on the Exploring the Baltic's Historic Waterways departures in Gdansk.

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