Stanislaw Stomma
Stanisław Stomma (born January 18, 1908 in Szacuny near Kiejdany , today Lithuania , † July 21, 2005 in Warsaw ) was a Polish publicist and politician.
Life
In 1946 he became a member of the editorial team of the two Catholic magazines Znak and Tygodnik Powszechny . From 1947 to 1950 and from 1956 to 1978 he worked as a scientist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow . Between 1957 and 1976 Stomma was an independent member of the Polish Sejm . During this time he was one of the signatories of a complaint against the crackdown on students in 1968, and in 1976 he was the only member to vote against the new socialist constitution in Poland . After 1989, Stomma was a member of the newly created Senate for two years and was honored with numerous awards.
The liberal Catholic Stomma was one of the first Polish intellectuals to seek contact with Germany as early as the 1950s and was one of the pioneers of Polish-German reconciliation, for which he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit in 1988 .
literature
- Wolfgang Pailer: Stanislaw Stomma. Nestor of the Polish-German reconciliation. Bouvier, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-416-02515-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Stanisław Stomma in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stomma, Stanislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish publicist and politician, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szacuny near Kiejdany , today Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |