Wujek Coal Mine

Wujek Coal Mine

Kopalnia Wujek (English: the "Uncle" Mine) is a coal mine in Katowice, Poland.

It is a household name in Poland as the place of a massacre of civilians by Communist forces on 16th December 1981.


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