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.[1]

Roman Rybarski
Roman Rybarski
Member of the Sejm
In office
1928–1935
Personal details
Born(1887-07-03)3 July 1887
Zator, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
Died6 March 1942(1942-03-06) (aged 54)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
NationalityPolish
Political partyNational Party
Alma materJagiellonian University
OccupationEconomist

Rybarski studied at the Law School of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków from 1906 to 1911. During the studies, he was a member of the secret Association of the Polish Youth "Zet". In 1910 he joined the National League, a secret Polish right-wing organization. Rybarski was professor at the Jagiellonian University from 1917 until 1920, from 1921 until 1923 at the Warsaw University of Technology and from 1924 at the Warsaw University.

In 1919 he took part in the Paris Peace Conference as an economic expert of the Polish delegation.[2] Rybarski was one of the leading persons in the Camp of Great Poland. In 1928 he co-founded the National Party.[2] From 1928 until 1935 he was a member of the Sejm, where he was one of the leading figures of the party. As one of the foremost persons in the "old faction" of the National Democracy, Rybarski advocated the parliamentary democracy.[2]

In 1928, he authored a study in which he stressed the "harmful impact" of Jews on the economy and urban development.[3] His 1931 newspaper article titled "Jewish Policy" marked the start of an Endek offensive against Jews. In the article Rybarski attacked the government, asserting that the Jews were responsible for the government's economic policy and by extension Polish suffering.[4]

After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Rybarski worked in the Polish underground, being in the Political Council of the Service for Poland's Victory. He held several other positions in the Polish underground state during World War II. On 17 May 1941 he was arrested by Nazi German authorities and incarcerated in the Pawiak prison. He was later transferred to the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp and eventually executed there for organizing the resistance movement in the camp.

In terms of economic thought, Rybarski was a fierce supporter of a laissez-faire to the economy. He advocated for stability of property rights and economic institutions, and low taxes. Compulsory social security, monopolies and government granted concessions to businesses were not desirable, according to his view.

Works

Footnotes
  1. Wapiński 1980, 259.
  2. Marszał 2007, 22.
  3. Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oneyg Shabes Archive, Samuel D. Kassow, page 50, Indiana University Press
  4. Social and Political History of the Jews in Poland 1919–1939, De Gruyter, Joseph Marcus, page 342

References
  • Marszał, Maciej (2007). Włoski faszyzm w polskiej myśli politycznej i prawnej, 1922–1939. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. ISBN 978-83-229-2791-5.
  • Wapiński, Roman (1980). Narodowa Demokracja 1893-1939. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich. ISBN 83-04-00008-3.

Further reading
  • Chodorowski, Jerzy (1997). Roman Rybarski (1887-1942): Z historii polskiej myśli ekonomicznej i prawnoustrojowej pierwszej połowy XX wieku. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. ISBN 83-229-1515-2.
  • Rybarski, Roman (1997). Rudnicki, Szymon (ed.). Roman Rybarski - o narodzie, ustroju i gospodarce. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. ISBN 83-7059-303-8.
  • Waskan, Jan (1991). Koncepcje społeczno-polityczne Romana Rybarskiego. Toruń: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika.
  • Wójtowicz, Norbert (2007). Roman Rybarski. Biuletyn IPN 8-9 (79-80) 2007, p. 130-136.
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