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Hunger strikers want families freed, Polish refugees Grazyna Trzesicka, 34, Wladyslaw Sliwa, 29, and Zygmunt Augustyniak, 32, march in the rain outsid(...)
Hunger strikers want families freed, Polish refugees Grazyna Trzesicka, 34, Wladyslaw Sliwa, 29, and Zygmunt Augustyniak, 32, march in the rain outsid(...)

Hunger strikers want families freed, Polish refugees Grazyna Trzesicka, 34, Wladyslaw Sliwa, 29, and Zygmunt Augustyniak, 32, march in the rain outsid(...)

Date5/23/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hunger strikers want families freed; Polish refugees Grazyna Trzesicka; 34; Wladyslaw Sliwa; 29; and Zygmunt Augustyniak; 32; march in the rain outside the Polish Consulate in Etobicoke on the first day of a hunger strike aimed at gaining permission for their families to emigrate to Canada. Twenty-eight other Polish hunger strikers in Metro have been successful in forcing the Polish government's hand.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023698F