Labor Party (Poland)

The party was created by opponents of "reorganization . " It arose on October 10, 1937 by uniting the National Workers' Party , part of the Polish Party of Christian Democracy (without the Lviv faction that supported the “reorganization” regime, and without the schismatic Christian People’s Party ), the Union of Hallerchik ^[1] and groups of other right-wing parties.

During the Second World War and German occupation, the party worked underground. In 1943 , the Zryv (Uprising) faction split off from the party, which then, after merging with a group of Rodnov and the national organization Zadrug, acted underground under the name of the National Uprising Party (Stronnictwo Zrywu Narodowego) and collaborated with the communist PPR . Finally, the National Uprising Party reunited with the Labor Party in 1945 . Then the united Labor Party supported the creation of a coalition government of Poland controlled by the Communists. From September 6, 1946 to February 11, 1947 , the Minister of Information and Propaganda in this government was the representative of the Labor Party Felix Vidy-Virsky, co-founder of the National Uprising Party. In 1950 , the Labor Party self-dissolved, recommending its members to join the Democratic Party , which collaborated with the ruling PUWP.

The Labor Party has also been active in exile since the beginning of the war in 1939. Despite the dissolution of the party, a small group of politicians in exile still called themselves the Labor Party. In 1955, one of them, Hugon Hanke , became the prime minister of the “ Polish government in exile ”, but two months later he returned to Poland.

• Słownik historii Polski / (red.) Tadeusz Łepkowski . - Warsz. : Wiedza Powszechna, 1973.- 941 p.

• Polish Labor Party
• Union of labor

• Stronnictwo pracy ( pl )