Warsaw

The signs in the familiar red script of the Solidarity logo read "25 Years of Freedom." As Poland celebrates a milepost anniversary of the first partially free elections of June 1989—the beginning of the end of European communism—life seems good. The Poles are richer and safer than at any time in half a millennium or so. Yet the celebrations are tinged by an unmistakable anxiety. Look in any direction to see why.

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