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> [Walesa was a national hero, a true icon. The vast majority of Poles didn't believe a word the authorities said. They took everything the official media said about Walesa to be a manipulation by the Communist authorities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slawomir-cenckiewicz/walesa-was-a-national-hero-a-true-icon-the-vast-majority-of-poles/)

Slawomir Cenckiewicz

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## More by Slawomir Cenckiewicz

> [We're historians and above all want to write about what was. Our book doesn't deal with legacies. It also wasn't our goal to destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slawomir-cenckiewicz/we-re-historians-and-above-all-want-to-write-about-what-was-our-book/)

Slawomir Cenckiewicz

> [Walesa was a national hero, a true icon. The vast majority of Poles didn't believe a word the authorities said. They took everything the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slawomir-cenckiewicz/walesa-was-a-national-hero-a-true-icon-the-vast-majority-of-poles/)

Slawomir Cenckiewicz

> [We know the secret police's methods, and the way the archive and registry were run - that's how we know. We've also found evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slawomir-cenckiewicz/we-know-the-secret-police-s-methods-and-the-way-the-archive-and/)

Slawomir Cenckiewicz

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