Sanation
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 Ignacy Mościcki
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 Józef Beck
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 Tadeusz Hołówko
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 Janusz Jędrzejewicz
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 Wacław Jędrzejewicz
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 Adam Koc
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 Leon Kozłowski
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 Ignacy Matuszewski
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 Bogusław Miedziński (pl) | |
 Bronisław Pieracki
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 Aleksander Prystor
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 Adam Skwarczyński
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 Walery Sławek
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 Kazimierz Świtalski
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Sanation (Polish: Sanacja, pronounced [saˈnat͡sja]) was a movement led by Polish general Józef Piłsudski, who became Poland's leader after the May 1926 coup.
Background
[change | change source]In 1928, his supporters formed the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR),[1] who backed his government until he passed away in 1935. Piłsudski's supporters associated with the BBWR are called the Sanationists. Pro-Soviet communists in Poland were the biggest opponents of the Sanation government. They accused it of being "fascist and capitalist",[1] despite Piłsudski not matching the academic criteria of fascism.
End
[change | change source]After Nazi Germany's takeover of Poland in October 1939, many Sanationists fled. During WWII, Sanationists were deeply involved in anti-Nazi resistance along with the heroic Polish Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa).[2] One of the several resistance groups they set up included the Polish Fighting Movement (Polish: Obóz Polski Walczącej).[1]
Aftermath
[change | change source]Post-WWII Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union and ruled as a puppet state until 1989. The collaborationist[3] the Polish communist state brutally persecuted the Sanationists, many of whom were deported to the Soviet Union and died in captivity.[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
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- Puchalski, Piotr (2019). Beyond Empire: Interwar Poland and the Colonial Question, 1918–1939. The University of Wisconsin–Madison Press. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- Kowalski, Wawrzyniec (2020). "From May to Bereza: A Legal Nihilism in the Political and Legal Practice of the Sanation Camp 1926–1935". Studia Iuridica Lublinensia (5). Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej: 133–147. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- Olstowski, Przemysław (2024). "The Formation of Authoritarian Rule in Poland between 1926 and 1939 as a Research Problem". Zapiski Historyczne (2). Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu: 27–60. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
The case of authoritarian rule in Poland [...] following the May Coup of 1926, is notable for its unique origins [...] Rooted in a period when Poland lacked statehood [...] Polish authoritarianism evolved [...] Central to this phenomenon was Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the ideological leader of Poland's ruling camp after the May Coup of 1926
- ↑
- Joshua D. Zimmerman (September 16, 2019). "The Polish Underground Home Army (AK) and the Jews: What Postwar Jewish Testimonies and Wartime Documents Reveal". East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures. doi:10.1177/0888325419844816. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- "The establishment of the Home Army". Institute of National Remembrance of Poland. February 7, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ↑ Relating to traitorous cooperation with an enemy. Oxford Languages.
- ↑ Marek Tuszynski; Dale F. Denda (1999). "Soviet war crimes against Poland during the Second World War and its aftermath: a review of the factual record and outstanding questions". The Polish Review. 44 (2). University of Illinois Press: 183–216. Retrieved October 21, 2024.