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National Rebirth of Poland Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski | |
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| Chairman | Adam Gmurczyk |
| Founded | 10 November 1981 |
| Headquarters | ul. Kredytowa 6/22 00-062Warsaw |
| Ideology | National radicalism [pl] Ultranationalism Polish nationalism National syndicalism Anti-globalism Hard Euroscepticism Anti-Americanism Anti-capitalism Anti-Zionism[1] Third Position Corporatism[2] Distributism[2] Radical environmentalism[3] Anti-communism[4] Neo-fascism |
| Political position | Far-right[5][6] |
| International affiliation | International Third Position[5][7] |
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| Website | |
| www.nop.org.pl en.nop.org.pl | |
National Rebirth of Poland (Polish:Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski), abbreviated toNOP, is anultranationalistfar-rightpolitical party inPoland registered by the District Court in Warsaw and National Electoral Commission. As of the2015 election, the party had no seats in thePolish parliament. It was a member of the European National Front.
National Rebirth of Poland was founded as a nationalist discussion group for young people on 10 November 1981.[8] It joined theChristian National Union when that party was founded in 1989, before leaving in February 1990.[9] The NOP registered as a political party in 1992. The party is the only far-right organisation to claim to be a successor to theNational Radical Camp Falanga (ONR),[10] the pre-war nationalist youth organisation, which was banned in 1934.[11][12]
NOP publishes the magazinesSzczerbiec (the name of thePolish royal coronation sword), which lists neofascistsDerek Holland andRoberto Fiore among the members of its editorial board,[11]Młodzież Narodowa (National Youth),Myśl (The Thought), and17 – Cywilizacja Czasów Próby (17 – The Civilization of the Times of Trial).
In 2009, NOP membership in Poland was estimated at 1000. NOP also has supporters outside Poland, notably among thePolish American community, including Polish Patriots' Association residing inNew York City, and the revisionist Polish Historical Institute inChicago.[13]
In 2001, the NOP tried to enter parliamentary politics for the first time. The newly created NOP front organization, theNew Forces Alliance (Sojusz Nowych Sił), joined the nationalist electoral bloc,Alternative Social Movement (Alternatywa Ruch Społeczny). Among the NOP candidates wereMarcin Radzewicz, the leader of the openlyneo-NaziNational Socialist Front (Front Narodowo-Socjalistyczny). ARS gained just below 0.5% of the votes, and the alliance was dissolved.[14]
In the2005 parliamentary elections, the NOP received 0.06% of the vote.[15] In the 2006 self-government regional elections, it received 0.30%, or about 41 000 votes. In the 2007 parliamentary election, the NOP received 42 407 votes in four electoral districts. In the self-government regional elections in 2010, the party received 0.24% of the vote.
In the2011 parliamentary elections, NOP senate candidate Anetta Stemler, running in the 1st electoral district, received 2934 votes, or 3.10%.
The NOP is known for trying to get media attention with itsshock value campaigns.[16] During the2007 parliamentary election, the NOP distributed election campaign posters with the slogan "Fascism? We are worse."[16]
Another, openlyhomophobic shock value campaign conducted by the NOP was calledZakaz Pedalowania (the phrase is a pun meaning both "Cycling Forbidden" and "Faggotry Forbidden").[17] On 17 May 2006 inToruń, the NOP organized a counter-demonstration against a publicLGBT rights supporters' meeting. NOP members chanted slogans, including "gas the queers" (pedały do gazu) and "there will be a baton for a queer face" (znajdzie się kij na pedalski ryj).[18][19]
The NOP is stated to be anantisemitic organisation by a number ofgovernment bodies,nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions and individual experts worldwide, such as theUnited States Department of State,[20][21] and theEuropean Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).[22] According toThe Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism, the NOP is promoting violent forms ofneo-fascism and antisemitism, includingHolocaust denial.[23]According to the British historian,Dr John Pollard,neo-Nazi elements in the NOP and their racism and homophobia continue to give rise to concern in other member countries of the European Union.[24]NOP actions were also condemned by theAnti-Defamation League, which claims that the NOP is an openly anti-Semiticextremist organization.[25] According to the magazineThe Warsaw voice, the manifesto of the National Revival of Poland, which contains a sentence stating that "Jews will be removed from Poland, and their possessions will be confiscated", is taken directly fromAdolf Hitler'sMein Kampf.[26] The magazine also claims that the official greeting gesture used in the party is the Nazi-like gesture of the raised arm.[26]
A number of NOP-related incidents received some media coverage in Poland and abroad. According to theEuropean Roma Rights Centre, on July 3, 1998, NOP supporters vandalised theRoma community centre inŁódź. Along with racist graffiti,swastikas were sprayed onto the office walls. The perpetrators also left behind their signature asNOP – Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski. During the same night, the same group reportedly vandalised the premises of theJehovah's Witnesses religious group.[27]
In March 2000, inŁódź, swastikas and the slogan "Jews out!" along with NOP symbols were spray-painted on the home ofMarek Edelman, who was the deputy commander in theWarsaw Ghetto uprising and the last of the leaders of the uprising still alive. The incident was condemned by the president and prime minister of Poland, who sent Edelman letters of support and apology.[28]
NOPfront organization National-Radical Institute (Instytut Narodowo-Radykalny, INR) was involved in publishing Western and Polish Holocaust denial literature. In 1997, INR published a volume of translated works of Western Holocaust deniers under the titleThe Myth of the Holocaust.[11] The same year, INR announced that there were no exterminations ingas chambers atAuschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.[11][29]
In 2006, the NOP was involved in campaigning to free convicted BritishHolocaust denierDavid Irving from prison inAustria, and produced a poster containing the slogan "David Irving – Uwolnić prawdę" ("David Irving – Free the truth".[30])
The party also expressed support for the bombing ofIsrael at the time of the2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, with a poster image stating, "Bomby na Izrael – Już czas!!!" ("Bombs against Israel – it's about time!!!").[1] On August 13, 2006, NOP leaderAdam Gmurczyk published a declaration on behalf of the NOP Executive Council titled "Izrael musi zostać zniszczony!" ("Israel must be destroyed!"), calling for the international military takeover of Israel, and offering to put administrative control ofJerusalem in the hands ofPope Benedict XVI and his successors.[31]
On April 14, 2007, inKraków, antisemitic slogans were shouted and fascist-like gestures made by the participants of an NOP demonstration. Investigations by the Public Prosecutor's Office were discontinued on November 26, 2007, as no perpetrators were identified and the case was not classified as an offense.[32]
In 2001, the NOP tried to enter parliamentary politics for the first time. The newly created NOP front organization, the New Forces Alliance (Sojusz Nowych Sił), joined the nationalist electoral bloc, Alternative Social Movement (Alternatywa Ruch Społeczny). Among the NOP candidates were Marcin Radzewicz, the leader of the openly neo-Nazi National Socialist Front (Front Narodowo-Socjalistyczny). ARS gained just below 0.5% of the votes, and the alliance was dissolved.[citation needed]
In the 2005 parliamentary elections, the NOP received 0.06% of the vote. In the 2006 self-government regional elections, it received 0.30%, or about 41 000 votes. In the 2007 parliamentary election, the NOP received 42 407 votes in four electoral districts. In the self-government regional elections in 2010, the party received 0.24% of the vote.
In the 2011 parliamentary elections, NOP senate candidate Anetta Stemler, running in the 1st electoral district, received 2934 votes, or 3.10%. She failed to win the Senate seat. After the 2011 parliamentary elections, NOP did not take part in any further elections; be it to Sejm, Senate or even local.
| Election year | # of votes | % of vote | # of overall seats won | +/– |
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| 2001 | 54,266 | 0.42 | 0 / 460 | |
| 2005 | 7,376 | 0.06 | 0 / 460 | |
| 2006 | 41,000 | 0.30 | 0 / 561 | |
| 2007 | 42,407 | 0.30 | 0 / 460 | |
| 2010 | ? | 0.24 | 0 / 561 | |
| 2011 | 2,934 | 0.02 | 0 / 460 |
In the2020 Polish presidential election, NOP recommended a boycott of the vote.[33]
In the2025 Polish presidential election, NOP endorsedGrzegorz Braun.[34]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Podsumowując ten wątek: Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski rekomenduje tym, którzy zdecydują się wziąć udział w tzw. wyborach prezydenckich wybór Grzegorza Brauna. Spośród 13 kandydatów jest jedynym, który na niepodległość Polski patrzy – bez wątpienia szczerze – jak na wartość samą w sobie.[To summarize this matter: the National Revival of Poland recommends to those, which decide to take part in the so-called presidential elections, to vote for Grzegorz Braun. Amongst the 13 candidates, he is the only one, who at the sovereignty of Poland looks – undoubtably honestly – as a value itself.]
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