Museum of the Medical University of Gdańsk p.II

In the autumn of 1980, at a time of crisis in the health service and the ongoing “Solidarity carnival,” medical workers went on a nationwide strike in an effort to improve the quality of medical services. The strike by students of the Medical Academy in Gdańsk became a symbol of solidarity, with the demand for the creation of an independent student organization. The strike, which gathered 2,000 participants, was attended by professors, artists and activists, and the events were captured in Marek Nowakowski’s photographs, which were returned to Gdańsk and the museum years later. The exhibition presents fragments of the past that show the youth of the participants and the different world of those times.