Polish towns go ‘LGBT free’ ahead of bitter election campaign.

FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand guard as far-right protesters try to stop the city's first "Equality Parade" rally in support of the LGBT community in Lublin, Poland October 13, 2018. (Image: Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS)

Teresa Drzewiecka grew up during World War Two, when German and Soviet troops battled for control of her town of Swidnik in eastern Poland.

Now 83, she sees another threat to her country’s survival: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people…