Stanisław Stroński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stanisław Stroński

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1882

Place of Birth: Nisko, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1955

Profession: politician, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Stanisław Stroński

  • Stanislaw Stronski (1882 – 1955) was a Polish philologist, publicist and politician (a National Democracy Sejm deputy).
  • In interwar Poland he edited the Rzeczpospolita newspaper and was a professor at Kraków's Jagiellonian University and at the Catholic University of Lublin.
  • During World War II he was a member of the Polish government in exile, serving as information minister.
  • At war's end, he remained abroad. An outspoken antisemite, Stronski had recent and well documented Jewish roots.
  • Jewish members of the Sejm frequently mentioned his Jewish ancestry when attacking him in speeches.He was a vocal prewar opponent of Poland's first president, Gabriel Narutowicz, and of Marshal Józef Pilsudski.
  • Following Narutowicz's election, Stronski wrote that he "puts himself forward as a representative of the Polish state thanks to the Jewish-German-Ukrainian vote".
  • Following Narutowicz's murder, Stronski who had just a few days earlier called him a "their [the Jews] President", wrote that the murdered president belonged to the "whole nation".It was Stronski who coined the expression, "Miracle at the Vistula," intended to derogate Pilsudski's 1920 victory over the Soviets.
  • Ironically, the expression quickly lost its intended meaning and was adopted with approval by some patriotically- or piously-minded Poles unaware of Stronski's ironic intent.His academic interests centered on the medieval Occitan literature, especially about the Troubadours.
  • In this field he is reputed as one of the most important scholars of the 20th century.

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