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Bolesław Drobner (28 June 1883 – 31 March 1968) was a Polish politician. A member of the Polish Socialist Party, he supported cooperation with the communists. Arrested by the NKVD after the Soviet invasion of Poland, in 1943 he was released. Drobner joined a pro-Soviet Polish communist organization; the Union of Polish Patriots and later the Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN). As leader of the "Lublin Poles", he led a delegation to Żagań on 13 May 1945 where he pledged allegiance of his town to the Soviet Union.[1]
Bolesław Drobner | |
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| City mayor of Wrocław | |
| In office 14 March 1945 – 9 June 1945 | |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Wachniewski |
| Senior Marshal of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1883 Kraków |
| Died | 31 March 1968 Kraków |
| Political party | Polish Socialist Party Polish United Workers' Party |
In 1945, Drobner became the first Polish mayor (president) of Wrocław (former Breslau) and was deputy to State National Council and then to Polish Sejm (national legislature). He was a senior marshal of the latter institution in 1957, 1961 and 1965.
He was also a notable supporter of the artistic group Piwnica pod Baranami.
References
edit- ^ Giles MacDonogh, After the Reich, John Murray, 2007, p. 173
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