Słupsk Patriot – Edward Müller

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Resistance to the [Communist] Polish People’s Republic regime

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Edward Müller, Piotr Müller, Marta Müller, Wojciech Rajkowski

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Edward Müller was born and raised in a subjugated, communist Poland. He was a Solidarity activist in Słupsk and one of the co-founders of the Regional Resistance Committee [Okręgowy Komitet Oporu] in the city. For his his anti-communist resistance he was fired from his job, detained, arrested twice, and incarcerated.

A photo showing Edward Müller as an NSZZ “Solidarność” candidate from Słupsk during the parliamentary elections of 1989

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