Bolesław Piasecki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish politician
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Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
About Bolesław Piasecki
- Boleslaw Bogdan Piasecki (alias Leon Calka, Sablewski; born February 18, 1915 in Lódz, died January 1, 1979 in Warsaw) was a Polish politician and writer. In interwar Poland he was one of the more prominent nationalist politicians, playing an important role in the leadership of Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny.
- In 1934 he was interned in Bereza Kartuska.
- After his release, he became the leader of the illegal, extreme right faction ONR-Falanga.
- This organisation advocated "Catholic totalitarianism" and is considered by many to have been a fascist movement. During the Second World War he fought the Nazis as a member of the Polish Underground, leading the grouping Konfederacja Narodu (merged into the Armia Krajowa in 1943) and taking part in the fighting around Vilnius.
- Afterwards, he was arrested by the Soviet NKVD, and in a drastic conversion from his previous stance began to cooperate with the Communist government in Poland.After the war, in 1945, he cofounded and directed a so-called social progressive movement of lay Catholics, grouped around the weekly publication "Dzis i Jutro" (Today and Tomorrow).
- In 1947 he created the PAX Association and was the chairman of its governing body (until his death).
- After 1956, the importance of PAX diminished (and Piasecki's role along with it), though it remained a prominent organisation until 1989 and its successors still exist today. In later years, Piasecki was a member of the Polish Sejm from 1965, where he presided over the grouping of members associated with PAX.
- In 1971-1979 he was a member of the Polish Council of State.
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