@misc{Libera_Paweł_(1979–_)_Henryk_2021,
 author={Libera, Paweł (1979– )},
 volume={123},
 editor={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 journal={Acta Poloniae Historica},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2021},
 publisher={Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe},
 language={eng},
 abstract={The case of Henryk Dembiński (1908–41) represents the left-wing involvement of Polish intellectuals in the interwar period. After 1945, the party historians left a communist mark on his image. Those in exile also accepted this thesis. In fact, party historians portrayed Dembiński’s life in a one-sided fashion and omitted events inconsistent with their narrative. In light an of relevant accounts and documents, this article shows that Dembiński was neither a member of the communist party nor its youth organisation even though, in 1935–6, he participated in some activities inspired by the Communist Party of Poland (KPP), and edited a periodical supported financially by the KPP. It is unclear whether this was conscious cooperation or a matter of manipulation by the party. In 1937, Dembiński joined the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) and was engaged in catholic activities centre, which the communists at the time perceived as a change of his political views. Nonetheless, after the war, party historians unequivocally stated that he was a communist.},
 type={Text},
 title={Henryk Dembiński: The Man Who Became a Communist after Death?},
 URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/204231/PDF/WA303_237352_A296-APH-R-123_Libera.pdf},
 keywords={communism, Communist International (Comintern), left (political science) - Poland - 1900-1945, Communist Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Polski), Communist Party of Western Belarus, Dembiński, Henryk (1908-1941), Miłosz, Czesław (1911-2004)},
}