NORTOM is a Polish

publishing house Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

, founded in 1992 in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, specialising in books on

Polish history The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, ...

with a focus on the

Kresy Eastern Borderlands ( pl, Kresy Wschodnie) or simply Borderlands ( pl, Kresy, ) was a term coined for the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period (1918–1939). Largely agricultural and extensively multi-ethnic, it ...

region of the prewar

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

, the

Polish literature Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Latin, ...

and political thought, including post-communist economic crises and

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

. It also publishes religious books for children and youth. Nortom was founded by Norbert Tomczyk,Wydawnictwo NORTOM, homepage
/ref> re-elected in December 2000 as member of the Board of Control of the Polish Chamber of Book Publishers, a leader of the marginal National Party dissolved in 2001, whose ideology was based on that of the pre-war

National Democratic This article presents the historical development and role of political parties in Ukrainian politics, and outlines more extensively the significant modern political parties since Ukraine gained independence in 1991. Overview Ukraine has a mult ...

movement, and which received 0.16% of the Polish vote in the presidential elections. Authors featured by Nortom include

Roman Dmowski Roman Stanisław Dmowski (Polish: , 9 August 1864 – 2 January 1939) was a Polish politician, statesman, and co-founder and chief ideologue of the National Democracy (abbreviated "ND": in Polish, "''Endecja''") political movement. He saw th ...

(1864-1939) who was a chief architect of the reborn Polish state, Zamoyski, Adam ''The Polish Way A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and their Culture'', London: John Murray Ltd, 1987 . Page 334. politician, diplomat and statesman considered antisemitic;Mendelsohn page 38.Paulsson page 21. with a series on the return of Polish sovereignty;

Jan Ludwik Popławski Jan Ludwik Popławski (17 January 1854 in Bystrzejowice Pierwsze – 12 March 1908 in Warsaw) was a Polish journalist, author, politician and one of the first chief activists and ideologues of the right-wing National Democracy political camp. Ea ...

(1854-1908) the founder of The National-Democratic Party (1897); right-wing politician

Janusz Dobrosz Janusz Konrad Dobrosz (, born 7 March 1954 in Wieruszów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,655 votes in 3 Wrocław district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list. He was also a ...

, member of the

Polish Parliament The parliament of Poland is the bicameral legislature of Poland. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the Sejm). Both houses are accommodated in the ''Sejm'' complex in Warsaw. The Constitution of Poland does not ref ...

; Dmowski's political ally

Jędrzej Giertych Jędrzej Giertych (7 January 1903 – 9 October 1992) was a Polish right-wing politician, journalist and writer. Biography Jędrzej Giertych was born in Sosnowiec on 7 January 1903, the son of Franciszek Giertych (1868–1938), an engineer. He ...

, Polish war correspondent and Franco ally during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

, expelled from the National Party because of his extremism and

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

; Zbigniew Żmigrodzki;

Adam Doboszyński Adam Doboszyński was a soldier of the Polish Army, writer, engineer, and a social activist. Born in 1904 in Kraków, he was murdered by the Communist secret services in 1949, in the notorious Mokotów Prison in Warsaw. Early life and education ...

(1904-1949);

Roman Rybarski Roman Franciszek Rybarski (3 July 1887 in Zator – 6 March 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish economist and politician. He was the foremost economist of the right-wing National Democracy political camp and creator of its economic program. Rybarski ...

(1887-1942), one of the best economists in prewar Poland, (another ally of Roman Dmowski); Czesław Czaplicki; Andrzej Sołdrowski, political prisoner under Stalinism; Lubomir Czupkiewicz; Piotr Kosobudzki;

Maciej Giertych Maciej Marian Giertych (, born 24 March 1936 in Warsaw) is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician of the League of Polish Families (LPR). He favours state intervention in the economy. He was a member of the Sejm (between 2001 a ...

, a member of the European Parliament who created a scandal with his antisemitic writing;"Dateline World Jewry", April 2007,

World Jewish Congress The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. According to its mission statement, the World Jewish Congress' main purpose is to act as ...

Stanisław Jastrzębski, veteran Polish underground fighter during World War II; controversial politologist Edward Prus; Stanisław Żurek; Norbert Tomczyk; Stanisław Sosenkiewicz; Henryk Komański; Szczepan Siekierka; Witalij Masłowśkyj; Aleksander Korman; Mieczysław Dobrzański;

Feliks Koneczny Feliks Karol Koneczny (; 1 November 1862 – 10 February 1949) was a Polish historian, theatrical critic, librarian, journalist and social philosopher. He founded the original system of the comparative science of civilizations. Biography Kon ...

, a Polish historian and social philosopher who claimed that Jews were conspiring to destroy Latin-

Christian civilization Christianity has been intricately intertwined with the history and formation of Western society. Throughout its long history, the Church has been a major source of social services like schooling and medical care; an inspiration for art, cultur ...

and that

Nazism Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

was example of Jewish civilization type; Michał Poradowski; Stanisław Bełza; Izabella Wolikowska and others.

Controversy

In 2000, Nortom was forced to withdraw its 12 controversial titles from the

Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...

by the

Polish Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 200 ...

representative Andrzej Nowakowski overlooking the Polish exposition. Nortom was accused of selling anti-German,

Anti-Ukrainian Anti-Ukrainian sentiment, Ukrainophobia or anti-Ukrainianism is animosity towards Ukrainians, Ukrainian culture, the Ukrainian language, Ukraine as a nation, or all of the above.Andriy Okara. Ukrainophobia is a gnostic problem.n18texts Okara. Ret ...

and

antisemitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

books, especially the following titles: ''Być czy nie być'' by Stanisław Bełza, ''Polska i Niemcy'' by

and ''I tak nie przemogą. Antykościół, antypolonizm, masoneria'' by his son

. As a result of the above request, the president of the Polish delegation Andrzej Chrzanowski from ''Polska Izba Książki'' decided to penalize Nortom by removing it from the 2000 book fair altogether. "Wrocławskie wydawnictwo usunięte z targów książki,"
2000-10-19 19:43:09, NaszeMiasto.pl

Footnotes

External links

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