Did you know that in former eastern block not broadcast Apollo 11 except one

[Pawelk198604]

Did you know that my country Poland is only country in former eastern block which made live broadcast of Apollo 11 lunar landing:D

In communist Poland not everyone could to afford own tv sets. My mom once told that with all family she watched Neil Armstrong at my aunt her sister private tv set (Poland was only country in communist block who broadcast Apollo 11 lunar landing for with your communist party first secretary Edward Gierek was scolded by Leonid Brezhnev, for spreading the American imperialist propaganda, but our First Secretary Gierek replied that Brezhnev regrets that hurt our fraternal Soviet Union, but he couldn't deprive citizens of Poland, such epochal events like landing on the moon, even if it made by ​​the U.S. imperialists)

[ecat]

Nice story, thanks for sharing.

I'm not surprised to hear Apollo 11 was blocked but well done Edward Gierek, that was probably a very brave thing to do at the time.

In a world with the internet it's hard to imagine the paranoia and deception that existed on all sides at the time. So, I raise a toast to the internet, this random collection of strange folk, funny cats and people wearing far too few clothes. It is very important, I hope all you younger people take good care of it

[Pawelk198604]

Nice story, thanks for sharing.

I'm not surprised to hear Apollo 11 was blocked but well done Edward Gierek, that was probably a very brave thing to do at the time.

In a world with the internet it's hard to imagine the paranoia and deception that existed on all sides at the time. So, I raise a toast to the internet, this random collection of strange folk, funny cats and people wearing far too few clothes. It is very important, I hope all you younger people take good care of it

As i talked about him with my parents, both my mother and how and late dad. They told me that many misses with the first secretary Gierek.

He built a lot of apartment blocks, inter alia, that where I live.

As i watched current affairs program in which many of our Polish politicians, even those with right-wing, speaks of him with affection, some time sarcastically added that he may have been a commie, but he was a good commie: D

Although he was forced to step down, in the early 80's due to the deteriorating economic situation of Polish, which in turn led to the creation of Solidarity, the rest probably all know: D

Gierek was blamed for everything because he created the national debt in the billions of dollars, borrowed money both within the Eastern Bloc and in the capitalist countries. The truth is that for the money he borrowed from other countries, a Polish expanded infrastructure and industry. Many of the factories nowadays mostly privatized works until today.

[Reddragon]

The Hungarian TV channel also broadcasted the first moon landing. My grandparents were watching it. After 1956 it was hard to keep high profile events like this beyond the border.

Edited June 6, 2014 by Reddragon

[Red Iron Crown]

The Internet is so egalitarian in delivering this kind of thing today, aside from a few countries with national firewalls. It's more difficult than ever for a government to control the spread of information like was possible in the past.

[Pawelk198604]

The Hungarian TV channel also broadcasted the first moon landing. My grandparents were watching it. After 1956 it was hard to keep high profile events like this beyond the border.

Poland and Hungary is a unique countries, our two countries love freedom and we do not like how someone from outside imposes their own opinion on us, we like to have their own opinion on every subject.

But both Poland and Hungary, often ignored "requests" of our "fraternal" Soviet Union, but most Eastern bloc countries have followed blindly with in the Soviet Union.

On TV they said that most of the socialist countries did not broadcast the Apollo 11

[Reddragon]

Poland and Hungary is a unique countries, our two countries love freedom and we do not like how someone from outside imposes their own opinion on us, we like to have their own opinion on every subject.

But both Poland and Hungary, often ignored "requests" of our "fraternal" Soviet Union, but most Eastern bloc countries have followed blindly with in the Soviet Union.

On TV they said that most of the socialist countries did not broadcast the Apollo 11

Right. The USSR knew very well that Poland and Hungary or other Central-East European countries won't adapt the new system after World War 2 as they wanted them to do. Information about events like the Apollo 11 landing usually leaked into eastern bloc countries with preparation and censorship. But after the revolution the politburo understood they have to let go most of the pressure on society or '56 will be repeated. This led to the broadcast of the Moon landing in '69.

[Pawelk198604]

Right. The USSR knew very well that Poland and Hungary or other Central-East European countries won't adapt the new system after World War 2 as they wanted them to do. Information about events like the Apollo 11 landing usually leaked into eastern bloc countries with preparation and censorship. But after the revolution the politburo understood they have to let go most of the pressure on society or '56 will be repeated. This led to the broadcast of the Moon landing in '69.

My mother said that the whole family and my aunt's neighbors, they were deeply moved when Armstrong said, "It's one small step for man but a giant leap for mankind" which moved speaker translated into Polish as "To mały krok dla człowieka ale wielki dla ludzkości"

Mom said that the whole family seemed as if the world has become like a little smaller.

I once read on the internet memories of older Poles, my countrymen are grateful to the First Secretary Gierek that rose above divisions east-west and did not block the broadcast, despite he later had some diplomatic problems with Brezhnev in Moscow.

[Pawelk198604]

I watched once interviewed a famous Polish actor, moreover, I do not know exactly who he is the celebrity anyway.

He said that after returning to school, the teacher asked the typical task that writes the majority of students around the world., Memories of the holidays, they had to write the most wonderful memories of the holidays, the guy wrote about the landing of Apollo 11, he give him (2) which is (F) in anglosaxon schhol grading failing grade, a teacher failed him because he spreads imperialist propaganda:D