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National Rebirth of Poland
Leader	Adam Gmurczyk
Founded	1981
Headquarters	ul. Kredytowa 6/22 00-062 Warsaw
Ideology	Nationalism, Corporatism Third Position
International affiliation	International Third Position
Website
www.nop.org.pl www.nop.org.en www.nop.org.de

Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP) (National Rebirth of Poland) is a Third positionist, nationalist, political party in Poland. It is a member of European National Front and a co-founder of International Third Position.

History

It was founded in 1981 at an illegal anti-communist nationalist youth's discussion forum. In 1992, it registered as a political party. In the 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, it received 7,376 votes out of 11,804,676 votes that were cast (0.06% of the vote). In the 2006 self-government regional elections, NOP received 41,652 votes that were cast (0,64%). In the 2007 Polish parliamentary elections, it received 42,407 votes out of 16,142,202 votes that were cast (?% of the vote).

NOP is the oldest Polish nationalist organization since World War II. Starting as a nationalist youth discussion forum on 10 November, 1981, it became a well-regulated national-revolutionary movement with a distinct ideology in 1983. In November 1983, they started publishing Jestem Polakiem (I am a Pole) - the first, and for a long time the sole, nationalist underground magazine in Poland. In 1985, NOP founded the underground publishing house Jestem Polakiem, which published more than 100 books, brochures and magazines; such as Szczerbiec (the name of Polish royal coronation sword), Młodzież Narodowa (National Youth), Myśl (The Thought), and Biuletyn NOP. The publishing house was closed after 1989 and the collapse of the Communist regime. During the Communist era, NOP militants took part in protests and student strikes against communistic regime in Poland.

The movement is a co-founder of the International Third Position which is a forum assembling political groups presenting similar ideological orientation. NOP proclaims necessity of the fight against "demoliberal system" on the way of National Revolution.

Controversy

Antisemitism

In 2006, NOP was involved in campaigning to free convicted British historian David Irving from prison in Austria, and suggested that David Irving's opinions were truthful, with a poster image stating, "David Irving - Uwolnić prawdę" ("David Irving - Free the truth"). It also expressed support for the bombing of Israel at the time of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, with a poster image stating, "Bomby na Izrael - Już czas!!!" ("Bombs against Israel - it's about time!!!").

On August 13, 2006, NOP leader Adam Gmurczyk published a declaration on behalf of the NOP Executive Council titled Izrael musi zostać zniszczony! (Israel must be destroyed!) referring to "judaistycznej zaciekłości i nienawiści" ("Jewish loathing and hatred"), calling for the introduction of an international military force on Jewish territory as well as taking over entire control of Israel, and stating that an important action will be to free Jerusalem and make it a free city. Administrative control should be placed in the hands of the universally respected head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI, and his successors.

Homophobia

The movement conducted a campaign called Zakaz Pedałowania (Forbid Homosexuality) as a reaction to the homosexual movement's aggressive strategies in Poland

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