EMIGRACJA POLSKA ORAZ BRYTYJSKA OPINIA PUBLICZNA WOBEC WYDARZEŃ W POLSCE POCZĄTKU LAT 80. XX WIEKU

This article outlines the reaction of the Polish-British public as well as political and gov ernmental organizations in the UK to the social situation in Poland at the beginning of - 1980s. It shows the moral help along with charitable aid that had been given to the political prisoners and their families during the martial law in the communist Poland. It also briefly presents history of Polish emigration in the UK a¢er the World War II, the work of polish government in exile and its ewort to attract the attention of the western world to the political situation in Poland. e moral and material help given by the British society to Poland in the time of despair was much needed.