‘On the Front Line – Road and Railroad Workers, Power Engineers and the Army’. The So-Called 1979 ‘Winter of the Century’ on the Example of the Lubusz Land

Abstract

The article deals with the effects of the so-called ‘Winter of the Century’ of 1979 on the example of the Lubusz Land in a broad national context. The conditions in the country and the region were analysed in various domains of economic and social life: transport and communication, the energy and heating systems, trade and supply, and also in relation to industrial and agricultural problems. The then authorities’ incompetence was emphasised as a result of political system weaknesses, leading to numerous failures and organisational chaos.