ROMAN DMOWSKI

(Roman Stanisław Dmowski)


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Roman Dmowski
Roman Dmowski
  • Born: August 9, 1864
  • Died: January 2, 1939
  • Nationality: Polish
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Roman Stanisław Dmowski was a Polish politician, statesman, and co-founder and chief ideologue of the National Democracy ("ND": in Polish, "Endecja") political movement. He saw the Germanization of Polish territories controlled by the German Empire as the major threat to Polish culture and therefore advocated a degree of accommodation with another power that had partitioned Poland, the Russian Empire. He favored the re-establishment of Polish independence by nonviolent means, and supported policies favorable to the Polish middle class. During World War I, in Paris, through his Polish National Committee he was a prominent spokesman, to the Allies for Polish aspirations. He was an instrumental figure in the postwar restoration of Poland's independent existence.