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The article deals with Herman Lieberman’s views on religion, shown against the background of Polish socialists’ ideas. Although the question of attitude towards religion was only mentioned in socialist programmes, it was an important issue, which caused great controversy. Socialists supported division between the Church and state and argued that religion should be a private, personal matter. On the other hand, they eagerly used Christian ideas, adjusted to their own ideology, in the belief that they could find common ground with Christianity. It provoked arguments with the clergy, in the Polish case particularly with the Catholic hierarchy, who were certain that socialists’ ideas would lead to secularisation of society and would cause anxiety among the faithful. The churchmen strongly opposed against mixing socialism with Christianity and pointed out the fundamental differences between one another, which - according to them - were not possible to overcome or agree. The example of Herman Lieberman proves that particular cases were more complicated. Despite being a socialist of Jewish origin, he he was declaring his fascination with the teachings of Jesus Christ, which did not discouraged him from anti-clerical activity. Other members of his party were surprised at his positive attitude to religion, whereas the churchmen considered him an enemy because of his socialist views.
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The article aims to present Herman Lieberman’s parliamentary activity in the years 1922–1926, concerning the enactment and amendment of the act on the Supreme Administrative Tribunal of 3 August 1922. The main reason for exploring this problem is the fact that his parliamentary activity, focusing on the first Polish administrative court, was omitted from his memoires and his official biography, written by Artur Leinwald. Apart from that, the topic of this article coincides with the centenary of the Supreme Administrative Tribunal. Furthermore, this publication shows how the Sejm and the Supreme Administrative Tribunal operated before the may coup of 1926, because afterwards the new executive was progressively forcing the Supreme Administrative Tribunal to cooperate with government and to support state policy. The greatest number of sources concerning Lieberman’s parliamentary activity in the interwar period can be found at the Sejm Library’s website. Therefore, the methodology for writing this article consisted in the analysis of the bills and protocols of the Sejm, the Constitutional Committee, and the Legal Committee. These sources show that Herman Lieberman was very involved in the legislative work concerning the Supreme Administrative Tribunal. Analysis of these documents makes it possible to conclude that the parliamentarian was a great supporter of setting up this court in Poland. Herman Lieberman was sure that the Supreme Administrative Tribunal would be the guarantor of the protection of individual rights and freedoms.
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Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie działalności poselskiej Hermana Liebermana w latach 1922–1926 dotyczącej uchwalenia oraz nowelizacji ustawy z 3 sierpnia 1922 r. o Najwyższym Trybunale Administracyjnym. Najważniejszą przyczyną zbadania tego problemu jest fakt, iż aktywność parlamentarna Hermana Liebermana, skupiająca się na pierwszym polskim sądzie administracyjnym, została pominięta w jego wspomnieniach, jak również w oficjalnej biografii parlamentarzysty, napisanej przez Artura Leinwalda. Poza tym, temat tego artykułu wpisuje się w setną rocznicę powstania Najwyższego Trybunału Administracyjnego. Publikacja ta pokazuje również, w jaki sposób Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej oraz Najwyższy Trybunał Administracyjny funkcjonowały przed dokonaniem zamachu stanu w maju 1926 r. Po tym wydarzeniu nowa władza wykonawcza stopniowo zmuszała ten sąd do współpracy z rządem oraz do wspierania polityki państwa. Najwięcej źródeł, dotyczących działalności parlamentarnej Hermana Liebermana w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym, znajduje się na stronie internetowej Biblioteki Sejmowej. Dlatego też metodologia napisania tego tekstu polegała na analizie projektów aktów prawnych oraz protokołów posiedzeń Sejmu, Komisji Konstytucyjnej oraz Komisji Prawniczej. Dokumenty te udowadniają, że Herman Lieberman był bardzo zaangażowany w prace legislacyjne, dotyczące Najwyższego Trybunału Administracyjnego. Ich weryfikacja wiedzie do konkluzji, iż poseł był wielkim zwolennikiem rozpoczęcia funkcjonowania tego sądu w Polsce. Wynika z nich również, że Herman Lieberman widział w Najwyższym Trybunale Administracyjnym gwarancję ochrony podstawowych praw i wolności człowieka.
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Herman Lieberman was a Polish attorney, politician, socialist, member of parliament in Vienna-Reichsrat (two terms) and a member of Sejm (Polish parliament) of the Second Republic of Poland (four terms). He was born on on the 3rd of January 1870 in Drohobycz and died on the 21st of October 1941 in London. As he was a member of Reichsrat during First World War he fought for for the independence of Poland as a soldier in Josef Pilsudski’s Legions. Lieberman was four times elected as a parliamentary representative from Przemyśl district and twice from the national list. In the Polish parliament he he would become a member and rapporteur of many committees, including: constitutional, military, regulatory and legal. In 1923 he actively supported the enactment of an act of law considering the responsibility of ministers and the president of Poland in front of the State Tribunal. In 1929 Herman Lieberman was elected as a prosecutor in the only trial in front of the State Tribunal – trial against the Minister of Treasury Gabriel Czechowicz. Lieberman belonged to the opponents of Pilsudski’s policy and because of that in 1930 he was imprisoned in the fortress Brest and then, sentenced to two and a half years for his oppositional activity. While transporting him to Brest he was severely beaten. He suffered for a long time because of the injuries. After the verdict in 1933 Lieberman decided to leave Poland for France, where he was actively involved in the Front Morges organization, which was against policy of Pilsudski’s followers, who took over full power after so called “the Brest elections” in 1930. In exile he remained very active as a publicist and a political activist of the Socialist International. Lieberman was a member of its executive bodies. Since 1940 he lived in London, where he was, at first, vice-chairman of the National Council of Poland – President’s consultative body, and then since September 3. 1941 Minister of Justice in the Sikorski’s government. After Lieberman’s death, President awarded him the highest Polish decoration for his contribution to the Polish state – the Order of the White Eagle. All his life Lieberman was strongly connected with Przemyśl, where his symbolic tomb is located, because he was buried in London’s Highgate Cemetery.
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On the basis of the letters of Herman Lieberman to Helene Deutsch née Rosenbach, unknown in Polish literature, the authors are looking at the issue of love in the life of the eminent Polish politician and lawyer of the first half of the 20th century, trying to establish to what extent his emotionality, ideological commitment and devotion to his nearest and dearest defined Lieberman not only as a statesman but first of all as a human, and to what extent it was reflected in his daily decisions. Finally, they deal with the issue, polemicizing with the previous hypotheses, why H. Lieberman, despite his deep love for Helene Rosenbach did not divorce his wife, sacrificing his personal happiness for the sake of raison d’état.
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