Yesterday we celebrated the 82nd birthday of “Polish Thought”. Don't get besides large a celebrity, due to the fact that it's quite a few work and times are hard. However, it is worth mentioning.
On March 20, 1941, the first issue of this well - deserved magazine was published in London. The letter was created as an organ of the National organization (SN). His originator was prof. Władysław Folkierski, who headed the MP Drafting Committee. The first editor-in-chief was Marian Rojek. After him, the president of the National organization Tadeusz Bielecki took over. The next chiefs were besides highly well-deserved people – Wojciech Wasiutyński and Antoni Dargas. The writing came out in London, but it was very Polish. During the period of madness, the "Myśl Polska" in Poland was included in a list of letters banned by censorship. In later years, the weekly magazine in the country was available in libraries.
In 1993 the editor-in-chief of the magazine was transferred to Poland, thanks to the efforts of Jan Tomasz Zamoyski. Since 1997, the editor-in-chief is the outstanding historian Jan Engelgard. His large merit is that at a time erstwhile another writings of national-democratic orientation and its related ones disappeared “Think Poland” not only lives but besides develops. It comes in both conventional paper and electronic versions, it has its website. In fresh years, the online Polish thought Club and respective stationary KMP branches (Poznań, Warszawa, Szczecin, Katowice, Gdańsk, Wałbrzych, Łódź) have besides been established. In 2 days the inaugural gathering of the Polish National Academy of Sciences in Krakow).
"Thinking Poland" has been characterised by idealism and realism from the beginning. It was created on emigration as a letter against communist governments in Poland, but not against Poland. After 1956, the magazine and the environment related to it were in contrast to the majority of “Polish London” and emigration did not spit unflexedly on the People's Poland. It understood the importance of fresh borders, single-ethnicity, and state anti-German orientation. It remained critical but fair. A large part of this is most likely due to the thoughts of Jędrzej Giertych, who, outside of SN, shaped the national thought of Poles.
This is 82 years of our “Polish Thought”.
We live in a time of fast and short-lived success. Our writing is different. Wine and political orientation remained the same for years. The writing continues to be national-democratic, adapting it to the realities of the given period. Unlike most media, which in their readers see the section of the marketplace and the mark group our magazine has permanent contributors – who make them – due to the fact that they feel a common mission. They want to leave Poland better than they found it, more sovereign, more independent, richer and safer for our full national community. These 80 years are an crucial asset of reflection, a collection of thoughts, a component of arguments, our national arsenal of knowledge.
I want “Polish Thoughts” another years of fighting for Poland more sovereign, more independent, safer in all aspect, based on tradition and open to modernity. The editor-in-chief of Jan Engelgard's College would definitely have surpassed the dimension of his writing. All publicists, readers and sympathizers of the fast realisation of Poland truly independent, free and just.
Łukasz M. Jastrzębski
