Galicki, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Galicki (b. 1947). He is an automotive technician, but his second profession is shooting. He worked in the Municipal Cleaning Company as a head of the diagnostic station. In 1970 he was a witness of workers rebellion in Szczecin, which have been savagely repressed. In the early 1980s he was one of the founders of Solidarity in his company. He has also been elected as a delegate to the famous Solidarity congress in Gdańsk-Oliwa. His colleague introduced him to the priest Kazimierz Jancarz - legendary Solidarity's chaplain in Nowa Huta. As a consequence, since 1982, at the request of Jancarz, he photographed Thursday Masses for the Homeland in Mistrzejowice (Cracow). According to Zbigniew Galicki, taking part in activities in Mistrzejowice was like “the breath of freedom” and “a drug”. Once he was detained for 48 hours after the mass in Mistrzejowice and urged to cooperate with the secret services. Search was conducted in his house, but nothing was found, despite the fact all negatives were hidden there. He graduated from the Christian University of Workers. He is retired now.
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