Poland's last communist-era strongman, General Wojciech Jaruzelski (R), 87, shakes hands with supporters as he stands trial for "Communist Crimes" at a courthouse in Warsaw on March 7, 2011. On December 13, 1981, Jaruzelski launched a military crackdown to smother the independent trade union Solidarity, which was founded a year earlier and had snowballed into the Soviet bloc's biggest opposition movement.
AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI