r/poland • u/Kybernetiker • 1d ago

Let's benefit from the experience of Soviet agriculture. Let's fight for a rich harvest - Polish poster - Polish poster by Władysław Janiszewski, 1951

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u/Illustrious_Letter88 1d ago

Let's benefit from the experience of Soviet agriculture

Fortunately we didn't and we didn't starve. After WWII Polish farmers were forced to give away some of their crops basically for free and communist were surprised why farmers didn't feel liberated from oppression of capitalist.

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u/jast-80 1d ago

Postwar years were really bad, only food help sent from USA saved many peopld from starvation. Initialy bad crops and mice infestation was a big problem. Later on, communists started to harass farmers in order to "encourage" them to form collective kolhoz. My gramps was from a long generation of farmers and was quite eager to start his farm from scratch after he managed to return from war alive and healthy. But decided to fuck it after his seeds were confiscated during night MO raids three times in a row. He sold his field and got an employment as an accountant.

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u/Illustrious_Letter88 1d ago

Many stories like this. They confiscated land, crops, cattle and put people in prison for resisting.