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'''Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP)''' ('''National Rebirth of Poland''') is a [[far-right]] <ref>[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1921525,00.html « Right-Wing Extremism in Poland Gathers Momentum »], ''[[Deutsche Welle]]'', 4 March 2006</ref> [[Third position]]ist, [[Nationalism|nationalist]], and [[anti-Semitic]] [[political party]] in [[Poland]]. It is a member of [[European National Front]] and a co-founder of [[International Third Position]].
'''Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP)''' ('''National Rebirth of Poland''') is a [[far-right]]<ref>[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1921525,00.html]</ref> [[Third position]], [[Nationalism|nationalist]], [[political party]] in [[Poland]]. It is a member of [[European National Front]] and a co-founder of [[International Third Position]].


== History ==
== History ==
The NOP was founded in [[1981]] {{Fact|date=June 2008}}. The NOP claims to be the reincarnation of [[National Radical Camp]], the pre-war nationalist youth organisation, which was banned in 1934<ref name="shafir">[http://web.ceu.hu/jewishstudies/yb03/16shafir.pdf Michael Shafir Varieties of Antisemitism in Post-communist East Central Europe: Motivations and Political Discourse]</ref>. NOP publishes magazine ''Szczerbiec'' (the name of the [[Szczerbiec|Polish royal coronation sword]]), which lists neofascists [[Derek Holland]] and [[Roberto Fiore]] among the members of its editorial board<ref name="shafir" />, ''Młodzież Narodowa'' (''National Youth''), ''Myśl'' (''The Thought''), and ''Biuletyn NOP''. The publishing house was closed after 1989 and the collapse of the Communist regime. During the Communist era, NOP militants took part in protests and student strikes against communistic regime in Poland. In [[1992]], the NOP registered as a political party.


In the [[2005]] Polish parliamentary elections, it received 7,376 votes out of 11,804,676 votes that were cast (0.06% of the vote)<ref>http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm (en)</ref> In the [[2006]] self-government regional elections, received 41,652 votes in 41 of 88 districts that were cast (0,64% globally but 1,3% per district). In the [[2007]] Polish parliamentary elections, it received 42,407 votes in 4 of 31 districts.<ref>http://www.wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm (en)</ref><ref>http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=658 (pl)</ref>
In 2001 NOP membership in Poland was estimated at 500, consisting mainly of [[White power skinhead|neo-Nazi skinheads]]<ref>[http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2001-2/poland.htm Poland 2001-2], by [[Stephen Roth Institute]]</ref>{{,}}<ref name="roth2001">[http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2000-1/poland.htm Poland 2000-1] by [[Stephen Roth Institute]]</ref>.
Starting as a nationalist youth discussion forum on 10 November, 1981, it became a well-regulated national-revolutionary movement with a distinct ideology in 1983. In November 1983, they started publishing ''Jestem Polakiem'' (''I am a Pole'') - the first, and for a long time the sole, nationalist underground magazine in Poland. In 1985, NOP founded the underground publishing house Jestem Polakiem, which published more than 100 books, brochures and magazines; such as ''Szczerbiec'' (the name of [[Szczerbiec|Polish royal coronation sword]]), ''Młodzież Narodowa'' (''National Youth''), ''Myśl'' (''The Thought''), and ''Biuletyn NOP''. The publishing house was closed after 1989 and the collapse of the Communist regime. During the Communist era, NOP militants took part in protests and student strikes against communistic regime in Poland.


Since 1992 NOP become political party.
In 2001 NOP tried to enter parliamentary politics for the first time. Newly created NOP front organization the [[New Forces Alliance]] (''Sojusz Nowych Sil'') joined nationalist electoral bloc [[Alternative Social Movement]] (''Ruch Spoleczny Alternatywa'', RSA). Among the NOP candidates were [[Marcin Radzewicz]], the leader of openly [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[National Socialist Front (Poland)|National Socialist Front]] (''Front Narodowo-Socjalistyczny''). RSA gained just below 0.5% of the votes and the alliance was dissolved.<ref name="Cas"> {{cite book | author = Cas Mudde | authorlink=Cas Mudde | title = Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe | year =2005 | pages = 162 | publisher = [[Routledge]]| location =London | isbn=0415355931 | oclc =55228719 | url = | format = | accessdate = }}</ref>
- - NOP steel carry on teaching the Polish youth in national and Catholic spirit. NOPs members work hard to clean up the Polish history from communists and jewish lies about pre-war national movement, post-war guerillas that fought communists occupation and other aspects of Polish history. NOP also activly act against spreading lies about false numbers of holocaust.


The movement is a co-founder of the [[International Third Position]] which is a forum assembling political groups presenting similar ideological orientation. NOP proclaims necessity of the fight against "demoliberal system" on the way of National Revolution.
In the [[2005]] Polish parliamentary elections, it received 7,376 votes out of 11,804,676 votes that were cast (0.06% of the vote).<ref>[http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm Elections 2005] on ''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]'' website (en)</ref> In the [[2006]] self-government regional elections, it received 41,652 votes in 41 of 88 districts that were cast (0,64% globally but 1,3% per district). In the [[2007]] Polish parliamentary elections, it received 42,407 votes in 4 of 31 districts.<ref>[http://www.wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm Elections 2005] on ''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]'' website (en)</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=658 « Na kłopoty Bednarski, czyli znakomity wynik wyborczy NOP »], NOP's website, 22 October 2007 (pl)</ref>


== Views ==
== Views ==
The manifesto of the National Revival of Poland contains a sentence stating that "Jews will be removed from Poland, and their possessions will be confiscated" taken directly from [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.<ref name="voice">[http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3096/ RACE: Fighting Fascism], Warsaw Voice, 31 July 2003</ref> The official greeting gesture used in the party is the Nazi-like gesture of the raised arm.<ref name="voice"/>
[[Image:Trytek i NOP.jpg|thumb|right|350px|NOP demonstration lead by Catholic-[[sedevacantist]] priest Rafał Trytek]] ''Szczerbiec'' published articles in support of the [[Society of St. Pius X]] in the 1990s.<ref>« Wielka Brytania: Faszystowsko-klerykalny NOP zagrożeniem dla Zjednoczonego Królestwa », ''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'', June 2007</ref>


In March 2000, in [[Lodz]], [[Swastika]]s and the slogan "Jews out!" was spraypainted on the home of Marek Edelman, who was the deputy commander in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the last of the leaders of the uprising still alive. and by of .
Influences on the NOP's views have been Polish philosophers or politicians like [[Feliks Koneczny]]{{fact}}, [[Roman Dmowski]]{{fact}}.


In 2006, the NOP was involved in campaigning to free convicted British historian [[David Irving]] from prison in Austria, and produced a poster that states, "David Irving - Uwolnić prawdę" ("David Irving - Free the truth"<ref name="davidirvingsupport">http://www.nop.org.pl/img/irving.jpg</ref>). The party also expressed support for the bombing of [[Israel]] at the time of the [[2006 Lebanon War|2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]], with a poster image stating, "Bomby na Izrael - Już czas !!!" ("Bombs against Israel - it's about time!!!")<ref name="bombyizrael">http://www.nop.org.pl/img/bomby.jpg</ref>. On [[August 13]], [[2006]], NOP leader [[Adam 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 of [[Jerusalem]] in the hands of [[Pope Benedict XVI]], and his successors.<ref name="gmurczykizraelniszc">[http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=419 Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski, Izrael musi zostać zniszczony!]</ref>
In 2006, NOP was involved in campaigning to free convicted British historian [[David Irving]] from prison in Austria, and produced a poster that states, "David Irving - Uwolnić prawdę" ("David Irving - Free the truth"<ref name="davidirvingsupport">http://www.nop.org.pl/img/irving.jpg</ref>.


The party expressed support for the bombing of [[Israel]] at the time of the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]], with a poster image stating, "Bomby na Izrael - Już czas!!!" ("Bombs against Israel - it's about time!!!")<ref name="bombyizrael">http://www.nop.org.pl/img/bomby.jpg</ref>. On [[August 13]], [[2006]], NOP leader [[Adam Gmurczyk]] published a declaration on behalf of the NOP Executive Council titled ''Izrael musi zostać zniszczony!'' (''Israel must be destroyed!'') referring to "judaistycznej zaciekłości i nienawiści" ("Jewish loathing and hatred"), calling for the introduction of an international military force on Jewish territory as well as taking over entire control of Israel, and stating that an important action will be to free Jerusalem and make it a free city. Administrative control should be placed in the hands of the universally respected head of the Catholic Church [[Pope Benedict XVI]], and his successors<ref name="gmurczykizraelniszc">[http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=419 Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski, Izrael musi zostać zniszczony!]</ref>.
The NOP also protests against abortion, which it claims to be "the biggest crime of today's world". The movement is also openly [[homophobic]], conducting a campaign called ''Zakaz Pedałowania'' (''Forbid Homosexuality'')<ref>[http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=144 « Zakaz Pedałowania »] on NOP's website (pl)</ref> against the [[LGBT]] rights movement. On 17 May, 2006 in [[Toruń]] NOP organized a counter-demonstration against [[LGBT]] rights supporters public meeting. NOP members chanted slogans, including "gas the queers" (pedały do gazu), "there will be a baton for each queer face" (znajdzie się kij na pedalski ryj).<ref>[http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/PL/AI_POL_UPR_S1_2008anx_EUR%2001_017_2006.pdf] [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://amnesty.org.pl/archiwum/aktualnosci-strona-artykulu/article/4969/71/category/6/neste/1.html?cHash=adf146462f] [[Amnesty International]] Polska</ref>


The movement conducted a campaign called ''Zakaz Pedałowania'' (''Forbid Homosexuality'')<ref>http://www.nop.org.pl/?artykul_id=144 (pl)</ref> as a reaction to the [[Homosexual agenda|homosexual movement's activities]] in Poland.
== Party program ==
The official NOP's program includes<ref>[http://www.nop.org.pl/?o=ruch&d=program NOP's official program](pl) </ref>:


NOP started (as first in Poland) spreading pre-[[Second Vatican Council]] teaching of the Catholic Church. "Szczerbiec" published lot of traditional Catholic articles and NOP supported in 90`s [[Society of St. Pius X]] in Poland.
*Interest of the whole (Polish) nation is always before everything - social class, religion beliefs, skin color or politic views.
* Minimal government bureaucracy.
* It wants to end [[conscription]] and to introduce a voluntary army.
* The party is [[pro-life]] and thus opposes [[euthanasia]] and [[abortion]].
* It is against [[same-sex marriage]] and [[LGBT adoption]].
* Strong opposition to [[EU]] and [[NATO]].
* [[Decommunization]] and [[Lustration]].
* It postulates a return of [[capital punishment]] (for [[murder]]ers, [[Rape|rapists]], [[Pedophilia|pedophiles]], trade of narcotics, organized crime and for acting against the state of Poland) also big penalties for anything against moral acting such as corruption.
* It is against any form of socialism and liberalism on the moral and economic way of life.
* National Rebirth of Poland says that the party's ideology can't fit in any form of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] so it calls itself the "[[Third Position]] movement".


Big influence on NOPs views have [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[Thomas Aquinas]], few Popes - mainly [[Pope Pius V]], [[Pope Leo XIII]], [[Pope Pius X]], and Polish philosophers or politicians like [[Feliks Koneczny]], [[Roman Dmowski]] and a lot of the others...
== Anti-semitism and xenophobia ==
== Criticism and doubts==
* The NOP is stated to be an [[anti-Semitic]] organisation by a large number of organisations worldwide.<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78832.htm Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006], [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] US State Dept.</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90193.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007] US State Dept.</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/PL/CE_POL_UPR_S1_2008anx_ECRIThirdReportdated071204.pdf European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Third report on Poland Adopted on 17 December 2004]</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2004/poland.htm Poland 2004], by [[Stephen Roth Institute]]</ref>{{,}}<ref name="roth2001" />{{,}}<ref name="shafir" />
The [[Anti-Defamation League]], a [[Jew]]ish civil rights advocacy group, that the NOP is an .<ref>http://www.adl.org/international/PolandDemocracyandExtremism.pdf</ref>


[[Image:Plakat nop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Poster distributed by NOP in [[Hrubieszów]] in 2006 <ref>[http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/ZAMOSC/60119001 « Plakatem w żyda »], ''Dziennik Wschodni'', 17 January 2006</ref> calling to pray for the conversion of the Jews "to one true religion - [[Catholicism]]" ]]
* According to the British historian, [[John Pollard (historian)|Dr John Pollard]], [[neo-Nazi]] element in the NOP, their racism and homophobia continue to give rise to concern in other member countries of the European Union<ref>[[John Pollard (historian)|John Pollard]] ''‘Clerical Fascism’: Context, Overview and Conclusion'' in: Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 11, June 2007</ref>.


* In March 2000, in [[Lodz]], [[Swastika]]s and the slogan "Jews out!" was spraypainted on the home of Marek Edelman, who was the deputy commander in the Warsaw 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<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Anti-Semitism+and+the+Holocaust/Antisemitism+Monitoring+Forum/Anti-Semitic+Incidents+-+March+2000.htm Anti-Semitic Incidents - March 2000], by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs</ref>.


== Footnotes ==
*The [[Anti-Defamation League]], a [[Jew]]ish civil rights advocacy group, states that the NOP is an openly anti-Semitic extremist organization.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/international/PolandDemocracyandExtremism.pdf Poland: Democracy and the Challenge of Extremism], by [[Anti-Defamation League]], 2006</ref>
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== See also ==
*According to[[The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism]] NOP is promoting violent forms of [[neo-fascism]] and antisemitism, including [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust review]].<ref>[http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2006/poland.htm Poland 2006], by [[Stephen Roth Institute]]</ref>
*[[European National Front]]

*[[International Third Position]]
*According to the magazine ''[[Warsaw Voice|The 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 from [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.<ref name="voice">[http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3096/ RACE: Fighting Fascism], Warsaw Voice, 31 July 2003</ref> The magazine also claims that the official greeting gesture used in the party is the Nazi-like gesture of the raised arm.<ref name="voice"/>
*[[Nationalism]]

*[[Third Position]]
*According to [[The Jewish Press]], On April 14, 2007 in [[Krakow]] anti-Semitic slogans were shouted and Fascist-like gestures made by the participants of the NOP demonstration. Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on November 26, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified and the case was not classified as an offense.<ref>[http://www.jewishpress.com/displaycontent_new.cfm?contentid=30907&contentname=Anti-Semitic%20Incidents%20In%20Poland&sectionid=20&mode=a&recnum=0 « Anti-Semitic Incidents In Poland »], ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', March 26, 2008</ref>
*[[Anti-Zionism]]

*According to [[European Roma Rights Centre]] on July 3, 1998 NOP vandalised [[Roma people|Roma]] community centre in [[Łódź]]. Along with racist graffiti swastikas were sprayed on the office walls. The perpetrators also left behind their signature as NOP - Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski. During the same night same group reportedly vandalised the premises of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] religious group<ref>http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=88</ref>.

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.nop.org.pl Official website NOP]
* [http://www.nop.org.pl Official website NOP]
* [http://www.nacjonalista.pl Nacjonalista.pl web portal of Polish nationalist movement]
* [http://www.nacjonalista.pl Nacjonalista.pl web portal of Polish nationalist movement]
* [http://www.nop.org.pl/?o=prasa&d=szczerbiec Szczerbiec, newspaper of NOP]
* [http://www.nop.org.pl/?o=prasa&d=szczerbiec Szczerbiec, newspaper of NOP]


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National Revival of Poland
LeaderAdam Gmurczyk
Founded1981
Headquartersul. Kredytowa 6/22 00-062 Warsaw
IdeologyNationalism, Corporatism Third Position
International affiliationInternational Third Position
Website
www.nop.org.pl

www.nop.org.en

www.nop.org.de

Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP) (National Rebirth of Poland) is a far-right[1] Third positionist, nationalist, political party in Poland. It is a member of European National Front and a co-founder of International Third Position.

History

It was founded in 1981 at an illegal anti-communist nationalist youth's discussion forum. In 1992, it registered as a political party. In the 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, it received 7,376 votes out of 11,804,676 votes that were cast (0.06% of the vote)[2]. In the 2006 self-government regional elections, NOP received 41,652 votes in 41 of 88 districts that were cast (0,64% globally but 1,3% per district). In the 2007 Polish parliamentary elections, it received 42,407 votes in 4 of 31 districts, that gives 10 000 votes per district and potentially about 300 000 votes globally. [3][4]. Starting as a nationalist youth discussion forum on 10 November, 1981, it became a well-regulated national-revolutionary movement with a distinct ideology in 1983. In November 1983, they started publishing Jestem Polakiem (I am a Pole) - the first, and for a long time the sole, nationalist underground magazine in Poland. In 1985, NOP founded the underground publishing house Jestem Polakiem, which published more than 100 books, brochures and magazines; such as Szczerbiec (the name of Polish royal coronation sword), Młodzież Narodowa (National Youth), Myśl (The Thought), and Biuletyn NOP. The publishing house was closed after 1989 and the collapse of the Communist regime. During the Communist era, NOP militants took part in protests and student strikes against communistic regime in Poland.

Since 1992 NOP become political party. - - NOP steel carry on teaching the Polish youth in national and Catholic spirit. NOPs members work hard to clean up the Polish history from communists and jewish lies about pre-war national movement, post-war guerillas that fought communists occupation and other aspects of Polish history. NOP also activly act against spreading lies about false numbers of holocaust.

The movement is a co-founder of the International Third Position which is a forum assembling political groups presenting similar ideological orientation. NOP proclaims necessity of the fight against "demoliberal system" on the way of National Revolution.

Views

The manifesto of the National Revival of Poland contains a sentence stating that "Jews will be removed from Poland, and their possessions will be confiscated," taken directly from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.[5] The official greeting gesture used in the party is the Nazi-like gesture of the raised arm.[5]

In March 2000, in Lodz, Swastikas and the slogan "Jews out!" was spraypainted on the home of Marek Edelman, who was the deputy commander in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the last of the leaders of the uprising still alive. It turned out that swastika and sentence was sprayed by journalist of Gazeta Wyborcza.

In 2006, NOP was involved in campaigning to free convicted British historian David Irving from prison in Austria, and produced a poster that states, "David Irving - Uwolnić prawdę" ("David Irving - Free the truth")[6].

The party expressed support for the bombing of Israel at the time of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, with a poster image stating, "Bomby na Izrael - Już czas!!!" ("Bombs against Israel - it's about time!!!")[7]. On August 13, 2006, NOP leader Adam Gmurczyk published a declaration on behalf of the NOP Executive Council titled Izrael musi zostać zniszczony! (Israel must be destroyed!) referring to "judaistycznej zaciekłości i nienawiści" ("Jewish loathing and hatred"), calling for the introduction of an international military force on Jewish territory as well as taking over entire control of Israel, and stating that an important action will be to free Jerusalem and make it a free city. Administrative control should be placed in the hands of the universally respected head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI, and his successors[8].

The movement conducted a campaign called Zakaz Pedałowania (Forbid Homosexuality)[9] as a reaction to the homosexual movement's activities in Poland.

NOP started (as first in Poland) spreading pre-Second Vatican Council teaching of the Catholic Church. "Szczerbiec" published lot of traditional Catholic articles and NOP supported in 90`s Society of St. Pius X in Poland.

Big influence on NOPs views have G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Aquinas, few Popes - mainly Pope Pius V, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius X, and Polish philosophers or politicians like Feliks Koneczny, Roman Dmowski and a lot of the others...

Criticism and doubts

The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights advocacy group, claims that the NOP is as an extremist organization, although no one proofed it and NOP never losed trail in court. [10]


Footnotes

See also