Lublin January 1919 / 31 x 22,5 cm / card printed on one side, good condition ; hole in upper right corner, slightly torn left edge, traces of paper distortion
"Socialists want to take control of Poland, they want to pave the way for the Bolsheviks, they want to give us to the Jews into slavery; they will not live to see it!" - with these words begins the content of a sharply worded propaganda leaflet, an example of the brutal political struggle taking place before the first elections to the Legislative Sejm of the Second Republic. The leaflet, steeped in anti-socialist, anti-Semitic and anti-Bolshevik rhetoric, was written in a climate of strong right-wing reaction to the events of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. That revolution, which ended with the Bolsheviks seizing power, was a symbol of chaos, violence and national danger in Polish right-wing propaganda. Concerns about the spread of Bolshevism on Polish territory were real, and the government of Jędrzej Moraczewski - a socialist with radical views - was seen through this prism as a potential threat to independence and social order. It was against this government that even an unsuccessful right-wing coup, the so-called Januszajtis coup, was organized.
The leaflet was published in Lublin, where the right wing ran from list No. 2. The Lublin district was of great political importance, as there were as many as 10 parliamentary seats to be won there. Although the Nationalists won only 2 seats there, the emotional and aggressive rhetoric depicted in the leaflet well illustrates the atmosphere of the election campaign. Victory in this district ultimately went to the PSL "Wyzwolenie", which won 4 seats.
