Various life paths of MPs in 1920
During the Polish–Soviet War, members of parliament in the Legislative Sejm participated in organising the defence of the state and common people. They took part in peace negotiations in Minsk and Riga. Many MPs fought with guns in their hands on all fronts of the Polish–Soviet War, and the clergy served as chaplains. These are only a few examples of the members of parliaments’ dedication and patriotism in times of threat to the newly regained independence.
Celebrations at the grave of Aleksander Napiórkowski (1921) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Aleksander Napiórkowski MP (Polish Socialist Party) co-founded the Government of National Defence. He served in the 108th Uhlan Regiment in the 8th Cavalry Brigade. He was killed in the Battle of Ciechanów on 18 August 1920.
He was posthumously promoted to the rank of cavalry captain, decorated with the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari, the Cross of Independence with Swords and the Cross of Valour.
Parliamentary question (1919) by Feliks Perl and associatesThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Feliks Perl MP (Polish Socialist Party) was one of the most active speakers in the Legislative Sejm and a member of the Polish delegation in Riga during the negotiations with Russia on the Preliminary Treaty.
Bolesław Fichna (1920's) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Bolesław Fichna MP (National Workers’ Union) served as deputy member of the Council of National Defence; he was Commander of the Citizen’s Guard in Łódź and a Volunteer Army captain.
A parliamentary pass of Wincenty Galiński (1919) by Jerzy Pomykalski - The Director of the Legislative Sejm BureauThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Wincenty Galiński MP (National Workers’ Union) fought as a volunteer in 205th Infantry Regiment during the Polish–Soviet War.
Witold Kamieniecki (1920's) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Witold Kamieniecki MP (National People’s Union) was a Polish chargé d’affaires in Latvia and a delegate to the peace conference in Riga. He was a member of the Review Committee of the Borderland Guard, an organisation established in 1918 to connect the Borderlands with Poland.
Urgent motion for the incorporation of the Eastern Borderlands into Poland (1920) by MPs from the Popular National UnionThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
The urgent motion for the incorporation of the Eastern Borderlands into Poland was signed by several dozen MPs from the Popular National Union, the strongest group in the Legislative Sejm.
Kazimierz Bagiński (1920's) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Kazimierz Bagiński MP (Polish People’s Party “Liberation”), during the Polish–Soviet War, was the head of the propaganda department in the Union for the Defence of the Motherland, an organisation coordinating the activities of anti-Bolshevik sabotage groups in the rear of the enemy.
A passport of Eustachy Rudziński (1920) by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of PolandThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Eustachy Rudziński MP (Polish People’s Party “Liberation”) took part in organising self-defence of common people during the Polish–Soviet War.
Rev. Kazimierz Lutosławski (1919) by Stanisław LentzThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
The clergy could sit in the Legislative Sejm. Several of them, for example Rev. Kazimierz Lutosławski MP (Popular National Union), served as chaplains of the Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War.
A badge of Bolesław Wróblewski MP (1921) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Rev. Boleslaw Wróblewski MP (Popular National Union), during the Polish-Ukrainian fights for Lviv, co-founded the Committee for Providing Aid to Lviv, and during the Polish–Soviet War, together with his mother, organised a kitchen and tea room for those going to the front.
Irena Kosmowska (1920's) by UnknownThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
After Poland regained independence, women were given both active and passive voting rights. Female social activists won parliamentary seats. Among them was Irena Kosmowska MP (Polish People’s Party “Liberation”). She was a member of the Regional Committee of National Defence in Lublin in 1920.
Peasant Women, Female Citizens!flier (1920) by Jadwiga DziubińskaThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
A flier with the appeal of Jadwiga Dziubińska MP (Polish People’s Party “Liberation”) to support the Polish Army.
A parliamentary pass of Antoni Pączek (1919) by Jerzy Pomykalski - The Director of the Legislative Sejm BureauThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
During the Polish–Soviet War, Antoni Pączek MP (Polish Socialist Party) was an emissary of the Union of Motherland Defenders in the Zamość region.
Abraham Perlmutter (1919) by Stanisław LentzThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Abraham Perlmutter MP (Free Union of Jewish Members of Parliament) was a member of the Regional Committee of National Defence in Lublin during the Polish–Soviet War.
Zofia Moraczewska (2013) by Krzysztof AnnusewiczThe Sejm - Polish Parliament
Zofia Moraczewska MP (Polish Socialist Party) was involved in improving the situation of the prisoners of war: she put a lot of parliamentary questions and motions to deal with this matter. Her son, Kazimierz, joined the army as a volunteer; he was killed near Nowogród at the age of 17 on 1 August 1920.
