The Natolinians, or the Natolinian faction[1] (Polish: Natolińczycy, frakcja natolińska), were a grouping within the leadership of the communist Polish United Workers' Party (the PZPR).[2] Formed around 1956,[3] shortly after the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it was named after the palace where its meetings were held, in Warsaw's Natolin district.[4]
The main opposition to the Natolinians were the reformist Puławians, who included many PZPR members of Jewish extraction.[5]
The Natolinians opposed the post-Stalinist liberalization program (the Polish October "thaw") and, as part of their strategy to seek power, voiced simplistic nationalist and anti-Soviet slogans.[6] The best-known Natolinians included Franciszek Jóźwiak, Wiktor Kłosiewicz, Zenon Nowak, Aleksander Zawadzki, Franciszek Mazur, Władysław Kruczek, Kazimierz Mijal, Władysław Dworakowski, and Hilary Chełchowski.[7]
After the 8th Plenum of the Central Committee of the PZPR, in October 1956, the Natolinians suffered a major setback when the First Secretary of the PZPR, Władysław Gomułka, chose to back (and be backed by) the Puławians.
Both factions, the Natolinians and the Puławians, disappeared from the political scene in the late 1950s.[8]
Witold Jedlicki described the struggle between the Natolinians and the Puławians in his booklet, Simpletons and Yids (Chamy i Żydy).[9]
References
- ^ Rowiński, Jan; Jaskułowski, Tytus; Międzynarodowych, Polski Instytut Spraw (2007). The Polish October 1956 in World Politics. PISM. p. 22. ISBN 978-83-89607-21-8.
- ^ "Natolińczycy, puławianie, partyzanci. Frakcje polityczne w PZPR". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Natolińczycy | Wirtualny Sztetl". sztetl.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Pisze, Realan (7 April 2018). "Natolińczycy, puławianie, komandosi, rewizjoniści, syjoniści, Dziady / Jacek Jadacki, "Wielkopolski Kurier WNET" 46/2018". WNET.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Komunizm w Polsce: zdrada, zbrodnia, zakłamanie, zniewolenie (in Polish). Kluszczyński. 2005. ISBN 9788374470292.
- ^ Bryk, Andrzej (2008-01-16). Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe 2008/1: The United States, the European Union and Modernity. Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Krakowskie Towarzystwo Edukacyjne Sp. z o.o.
- ^ Zblewski, Zdzisław (2001). Leksykon PRL-u (in Polish). Wydawn. Znak. ISBN 978-83-240-0010-4.
- ^ Jedlicki, Witold (1981). Chamy i Żydy (in Polish). Studenckie Wydawnictwo "Vacat" przy NZS Politechniki Gdańskiej.
- ^ Jedlicki, Witold (1980). "Chamy" i "Żydy" (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Krąg.