Object's details: Henryk Dembiński: The Man Who Became a Communist after Death?

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Title:
Henryk Dembiński: The Man Who Became a Communist after Death?
Creator:
Libera, Paweł
Description:
The case of Henryk Dembiński (1908–41) represents the left-wing involvement of Polish intellectuals in the interwar period. After 1945, the party historians left a communist mark on his image. Those in exile also accepted this thesis. In fact, party historians portrayed Dembiński’s life in a one-sided fashion and omitted events inconsistent with their narrative. In light an of relevant accounts and documents, this article shows that Dembiński was neither a member of the communist party nor its youth organisation even though, in 1935–6, he participated in some activities inspired by the Communist Party of Poland (KPP), and edited a periodical supported financially by the KPP. It is unclear whether this was conscious cooperation or a matter of manipulation by the party. In 1937, Dembiński joined the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) and was engaged in catholic activities centre, which the communists at the time perceived as a change of his political views. Nonetheless, after the war, party historians unequivocally stated that he was a communist.
Object availability:
free access
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Acta Poloniae Historica
Date:
2021.07.18
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Language:
English
Source:
Acta Poloniae Historica; Vol. 123 (2021); 239-260;
Acta Poloniae Historica; Tom 123 (2021); 239-260;
2450-8462;
0001-6829
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Instytut Historii PAN
Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/APH/article/view/APH.2021.123.09/29353
Subject:
communism;
Comintern;
the left;
Communist Party of Poland;
Communist Party of Western Belorussia;
Henryk Dembiński;
Czesław Miłosz
Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/APH/article/view/APH.2021.123.09
Data provider:
Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

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