At the office of the Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Paderewski Institute of National thought Heritage in 23.01.2024, the book "Bolesław Piasecki" was promoted. Start of the road (1915-1944)" by Wojciech J. Muszyński.
The content of the book was discussed by: Prof. Jan Żaryn manager of IDMN and Dr. Krzysztof Kawęcki from the IDMN technological department. The author of the book mentioned the proposal received from IDMN to make the political biography of Bolesław Piasecki and dilemmas related to the selection of the political period of Piasecki's activity. In the end, he decided on the first pre-war period of this activity associated with ONR Falanga and the period of wartime engagement in the conspiracy in the Confederation of the Nation, in which Bolesław Piasecki was the head of the political front and in the Piasecki-led Shocking Personnel Battalions, and after being merged with the AK, the UBK formed 3th Battalion 77 pp. of the AK in Vilnius, which was commanded by Bolesław Piasecki.
Prof. Jan Żaryn highlighted the political background of the period of the Second Republic, in which Bolesław Piasecki undertook his political activity. He pointed out that the Second Republic created the conditions for training and careers of young people. Bolesław Piasecki already gained an crucial position on the political phase as a 19-year-old. ONR Falanga, led by Bolesław Piasecki, was a crucial group in the national mainstream. Prof. Żaryn pointed out that in the 1930s more than 90% of the environment of Polish students were supporters of the national option in politics.
Dr. Kawęcki pointed out that Wojciech Muszyński's work, in addition to its merits, reads very well. He stressed the importance of the National-Radical Movement in the National Camp. He pointed out the elements mentioned by Wojciech Muszyński in the book that shaped Bolesław Piasecki's thought: Catholicism, nationalism, anti-Jewishism, anti-communism.
The gathering was attended by the boy of Bolesław Piasecki Władysław and a group of erstwhile members and activists of St. PAX.
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