Wincenty Rzymowski

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Wincenty Rzymowski

Wincenty Rzymowski (19 July 1883, Kuczbork-Osada – 30 April 1950, Warsaw) was a Polish politician and writer. Rzymowski was one of the many faces of Stalinism in postwar Poland.

Background[]

In the Second Polish Republic, Wincenty Rzymowski was a member of the Democratic Party and a known publicist. He was also forced to resign his membership in the Polish Academy of Literature in a controversy involving allegations of plagiarism.[1]

During World War II he began collaborating with the Soviets. He joined the Union of Polish Patriots, was a Minister of Arts and Culture in the Polish Committee of National Liberation and a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of National Unity, formed by Stalin. He represented Poland during the signing of the United Nations Charter.[2]

Wincenty Rzymowski was also a deputy to the State National Council and Legislative Sejm. From 1947 till the end of his life he was a minister without portfolio in the Polish communist government.

References[]

  1. ^ "Wincenty Rzymowski (1883–1950)". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Wincenty Rzymowski of the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity Signing the United Nations Charter, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, retrieved 13 January 2020

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