Today we celebrate the 85th anniversary of the first issue “Polish Thoughts”. On this occasion we will meet in Warsaw on 18 April.
On March 20, 1941, the first issue of this well - deserved magazine for our nation and our homeland was published in London. The letter was created as an organ of the National organization (SN). His thought was Prof. Władysław Folkierskand who headed the MP Drafting Committee. First editor-in-chief was Marian Rojek. After that, the president of the National organization himself took over Tadeusz Bielecki. The next chiefs were besides highly well-deserved – Wojciech Wasiutyński and Antoni Dargas. The writing came out in London, but it was very Polish. During the period of madness, the "Myśl Polska" in Poland was included in a list of letters banned by censorship. In later years, the weekly magazine in the country was available in libraries.
In 1993, the editor-in-chief of the magazine was transferred to Poland, among another things thanks to the efforts of Jan Tomasz Zamoyski. Bogusław Kowalski. Since 1997, the editor-in-chief is an excellent historian Jan Engelgard. His large merit is that at a time erstwhile another writings of national-democratic orientation and its related ones disappeared “Think Poland” not only lives but besides develops. It comes in both conventional paper and electronic versions, it has its website. Polish thought Clubs have been established, which already cover the full country.
“Poland’s Thought” was characterized by idealism and realism from the beginning. It was created on emigration as a letter against communist governments in Poland, but not against Poland. After 1956, the letter and the environment related to it were not unflinchingly spitting on People's Poland. It understood the importance of fresh borders, monoethnicity, and state anti-German orientation. It was critical, but fair. A large part of this is most likely due to Jędrzej Gierty's thoughts, which, outside of SN, shaped the national thought of Poles.
This is 85 years of “Polish Thought”.
We live in a time of fast and short-lived success. Our writing is different. Wine and political orientation remained the same for years. The writing continues to be national-democratic, adapting it to the realities of the given period. Unlike most media, which in their readers see the section of the marketplace and the mark group, our magazine has permanent contributors – who make them – due to the fact that they feel a common mission. They want to leave Poland better than they found it, more sovereign, more independent, richer and safer for our full national community. These 80 years are an crucial asset of reflection, a collection of thoughts, a component of arguments, our national arsenal of knowledge.
I want “Polish Thoughts” another years of fighting for Poland more sovereign, more independent, safer in all aspect, based on tradition and open to modernity. The editor-in-chief of John Engelgard's College would definitely have surpassed the dimension of his writing.
The colleagues of the Editor-in-Chief, Colleagues and Colleagues of the Editorial, All Writers, Readers, Klubowicz and Sympatykom – the fast realisation of Poland truly independent, free and just.
Łukasz Jastrzeżski