Gabriel Narutowicz and the survival of Polish Democracy

[Polish Eagle]

Poland's first President in the twentieth century was assassinated by a fanatical National Democrat, egged on by conspiracy theories about Narutowicz being an agent of the Jews and otherwise an enemy of Poland. What if he weren't, and instead set up a functional, relatively stable multiparty democratic government in 1920s Poland? He'd still be unpopular among the Polish Right, but suppose they don't murder him.

How do Polish politics proceed? How do relations with the Czechs and the West and Germany develop under a more democratic government? Would he make a better ruler than Pilsudski, and who would succeed him?

 

[Polish Eagle]

As an addendum, Narutowicz was also a trained civil engineer and construction manager. Could that have any impacts on the success of Poland's industrialization plans between the wars?

 

[KACKO]

He was socialists right? What was his policy while serving as foreign minister? If he managed to normalize relations with Czechoslovakia it coul benefit both countries.

 

[yourworstnightmare]

He was socialists right? What was his policy while serving as foreign minister? If he managed to normalize relations with Czechoslovakia it coul benefit both countries.

Ther Polish People's Party is a weird case. They were definitely left wing leaning in many cases but didn't identify itself a s socialist. It rejected atheism and in some cases was a profound defender of Christian values. It was popular on the countryside, and can probably be compared to other Agrarian parties in Europe at the time, to some extent.

 

[Archibald]

Looks like Poland's own Jean Jaurès, complete with its fanatical murderer.