Bloc of National Minorities

Political party in Poland

Bloc of National Minorities

Blok Mniejszości Narodowych (Polish)
Блёк нацыянальных меньшасьцяў (Belarusian)
Блок національних меншин (Ukrainian)
Block der Nationalen Minderheiten (German)

Founded| 1922
Dissolved| 1930
Headquarters| Warsaw, Poland
Ideology| Minority politics
Ethnic minority interests
Regionalism
Federalism
Political position| Centre

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The Bloc of National Minorities[a] was a political party in the Second Polish Republic, representing a coalition of various ethnic minorities in Poland, primarily Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews and Germans.

## Overview

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The Bloc was co-founded by Yitzhak Gruenbaum,[1] a Polish-Jewish politician. It was formed on 17 August 1922 at a conference in Warsaw.[1] Its united electoral committee consisted of three representatives each from Belarusians, Jews, Germans and Ukrainians (except for natives of Eastern Galicia who boycotted the elections).[1]

BMN took part in the 1922 Polish legislative election, 1928 Polish legislative election and 1930 Polish legislative election, doing very well in the 1922 elections (19.5% and the second largest party) and 1928 elections (14% and the third largest party). In 1922 the bloc received the most votes in Volhynia, Polesia, and Chelm lands.[1] On its party list there were elected 66 sejm representatives and 22 senators.[1] In 1928 the bloc consisted of the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), Ukrainian Peasant Union, Zionist organizations "Mizrahi" and "Hitachdut" (Unity) and few Belarusian and German groups.[1] During the 1928 elections, the bloc earned 55 mandates to the Sejm and 21 to the Senate.[1]

In the 1930 elections (which were considered not free), it fared poorly (3% and the ninth largest party). In the political shakedown following the 1930 elections, the Bloc was dissolved.

In the Second Polish Republic, ethnic minorities constituted 1/3 of total population.

## Notable members

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### Belarusians

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* Branisłaŭ Taraškievič
* Jan Stankievič
* Adam Stankievič

### Germans

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* Heinrich Greitzer
* Adolf Rause
* Karl Wilhelm Lutticher

### Jews

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* Yitzhak Gruenbaum
* Jakub Wygodzki
* Noach Pryłucki
* Apolinary Hartglas
* Jakub Lejb Mincberg

### Ukrainians

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* Volodomyr Turchyniv
* Oleksii Sorydychiv
* Oleksander Syntyvich

## Notes

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1. ^ Polish: Blok Mniejszości Narodowych, (Polish pronunciation: [ˈblɔɡ mɲɛjˈʂɔɕtɕi narɔˈdɔvɨx], BMN; Belarusian: Блёк нацыянальных меньшасьцяў, Bliok nacyjanałnych mieńšaściaŭ; Ukrainian: Блок національних меншин, Blok Natsional'nykh Menshyn; German: Block der Nationalen Minderheiten

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Block of National Minorities. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine

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