Znak
Znak (German: characters ) was a Polish Catholic lay organization from 1956 to 1976.
history
The group came into being during a fronde within the association “ PAX ” Bolesław Piaseckis . After 1956 was Znak (next to PAX and Chrześcijańskie Stowarzyszenie Społeczne ) a Catholic of three groups in the People's Republic of Poland in the Sejm were represented. It was ideologically linked to the Krakow magazine Tygodnik Powszechny and the monthly magazine Znak , created on the basis of the “ Club of Catholic Intelligence (KIK)” .
In contrast to the two other groups mentioned, which often argued with the Church and Primate Cardinal Wyszyński , Znak was not in conflict with the episcopate . Rather, it fulfilled the function of a bridge between the church and the rulers. They worked with Catholic lay organizations in Western Europe (especially with the German Pax Christi and the international “Pax Romana” ). Znak was in the Sejm a. a. represented by Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Jerzy Zawieyski , Stefan Kisielewski , Stanisław Stomma and Wanda Pieniężna . It also provided “its” chairman in the State Council - it was Jerzy Zawieyski (1956–1969).
Resistance against the anti-Semitic and anti- intelligentsia incitement of the rulers in the People's Republic of Poland developed among Catholic MPs in 1968 , whereupon they were described by the ranks of the parliamentary group ZSL (Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe) as a “remnant of the reaction”. The Znak group existed until 1976 when it was liquidated from government circles in connection with Stanisław Stomma's absence from a vote on constitutional amendments.
After 1976 the name Znak persisted through some loyalist Catholic MPs, u. a. Ryszard Bender , Janusz Zabłocki and Wacław Auleytner (the so-called "Neo-Znak" ), who in 1980 were absorbed by the Polski Związek Katolicko-Społeczny (about: "Polish Catholic Social Association" ).
Although she was only a minority in the Sejm, Znak achieved a high reputation among the people of Poland, as she made Catholic positions heard as well as civil and cultural issues a voice.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Viola Vogel: Dead? Religious law of the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland . Mohr Siebeck, 2015, ISBN 978-3-16-153732-5 , p. 332