Jan Brejski

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Jan Brejski (also Germanized Johannes Brejski ; born February 20, 1863 in Ponschau , † December 10, 1934 in Thorn ) was a Polish publisher , union leader and politician in the German Empire . After the independence of Poland he was temporarily voivode .

Jan Brejski in the Reichstag Handbook 1907

Life

After attending various high schools, he studied history, literature and political science in Kraków . After that he was initially a journalist in Krakow. He later worked for the Polish-language newspaper Wiarus Polski in Bochum . From 1905 he wrote for Gazeta Toruńska in Torun and also for Przyjanel.

Brejski eventually became the owner and publisher of these newspapers. The Wiarus Polski newspaper was the Polish-language newspaper with the highest circulation in the Ruhr area. In 1911 it had a circulation of 9,000 copies, almost all of which went to subscribers. Founded by the clergyman Franciszek Liss on behalf of the Polish bishops to protect Polish emigrants from social democratic influences, Brejski has transformed them from a primarily religious newspaper into a radically Polish nationally oriented newspaper. He wanted to promote the national cause among the politically indifferent miners. Adam Bresjski, brother of Jan Bresjki, was temporarily editor-in-chief of the paper. This became a kind of unofficial central organ and organizational center of the Ruhr Poles . He was imprisoned for press violations.

He and his brother played important roles in the Polish League founded in 1894. The same was true for other interest groups such as the Bochum Sokol Association . In the Ruhr area he was the founder of the Polish trade union Zjednoczenie Zawodowe Polskie (ZZP). This miners' organization was at times the most important Polish trade union in Germany. In Thorn he founded the first Polish professional association for agricultural workers with the name Polski Związek Rolny. He was also active in the anti-alcohol and abstainer movement.

Brejski was in the Reichstag elections of 1903 and 1907 in the Reichstag elected. As a member of the Reichstag, he represented the constituency district of Marienwerder 4 (Thorn - Kulm - Briesen). He was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . He was a member of the Polish parliamentary group .

After Poland gained independence, he was a member of the constituent Sejm from 1919 to 1922. Between 1919 and 1920 he was also State Secretary in the Ministry for the formerly Polish Territories. Then he was from 1920 to 1924 voivode of Pomerania . After 1926 he supported Piłsudski. Another candidacy for the Sejm was unsuccessful.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 19.

literature

  • Horst Pöttker and Harald Bader: Failed integration? Polish migration and press in the Ruhr area before 1914. In: Rainer Geißler and Horst Pöttker (Hrsg.): Mass media and the integration of ethnic minorities in Germany. Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-8376-1027-7 , pp. 33f.

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personal data
SURNAME Brejski, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brejski, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish trade unionist, publisher and politician, MdR, member of the Sejm
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Ponschau
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1934
Place of death Thorn