Stanisław Stroński (18 August 1882 – 2 October 1955) was a Polish

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, publicist and politician (a

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'' deputy). In

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he edited the ''Rzeczpospolita'' newspaper and was a professor at

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and at the

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. During

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he was a member of the

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, serving as information minister. At war's end, he remained abroad. An outspoken antisemite, Stroński had recent and well documented Jewish roots (his mother Emilia Loevy was a daughter of a Jewish

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from

Nisko Nisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,048 inhabitants as of 31 December 2021. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small urban agglomeration, aggl ...

). Jewish members of the Sejm frequently mentioned his Jewish ancestry when attacking him in speeches. He was a vocal prewar opponent of Poland's first president,

Gabriel Narutowicz Gabriel Józef Narutowicz (; 29 March 1865 – 16 December 1922) was a Polish people, Polish professor of hydroelectric engineering and politician who served as the first president of Poland from 11 December 1922 until Assassination of Gabriel Na ...

, and of Marshal

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

. Following Narutowicz's election, Stroński wrote that he "puts himself forward as a representative of the Polish state thanks to the Jewish-German-Ukrainian vote". Following Narutowicz's murder, Stroński who had just a few days earlier called him a "their he JewsPresident", wrote that the murdered president belonged to the "whole nation". It was Stroński who coined the expression, " Miracle at the Vistula," intended to derogate Piłsudski's 1920 victory over the

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. Ironically, the expression quickly lost its intended meaning and was adopted with approval by some patriotically- or piously-minded Poles unaware of Stroński's ironic intent. Janusz Szczepański
Kontrowersje wokół Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 roku
(Controversies surrounding the Battle of Warsaw in 1920). ''Mówią Wieki'', online version. His academic interests centered on the medieval Occitan literature, especially about the

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. In this field he is reputed as one of the most important scholars of the 20th century.S. Stroński, ''Le Troubadour Elias de Barjols'', Toulouse, Privat, 1906; S. Stroński, ''Le Troubadour Folquet de Marseille'', Cracovie, Académie des Sciences-Éditions du Fonds Osławski 1910; S. Stroński, ''La Légende amoureuse de Bertran de Born'', Paris, Champion, 1914.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stronski, Stanislaw 1882 births 1955 deaths People from Nisko People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians National-Democratic Party (Poland) politicians Popular National Union politicians National Party (Poland) politicians Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1928–1930) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1930–1935) National League (Poland) members Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" members Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Academic staff of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin 20th-century Polish philologists