The main idea of the authors was to show the 45 years of Polish People’s Republic (1944-1989) by means of photos which depict most significant events of the successive years of the period. Political events such as the very beginning of PZPR (Polish United Workers’ Party), liquidation of the armed underground movement, December 1970, Martial Law as well as economic and cultural events (rebuilding of Warsaw, erection of Nowa Huta, Opole Song Festival, book fairs) are depited on the photos.
The authors reduced the textual comments, and focused on the photographic illustration.