Ryszard Galla
| Ryszard Galla | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sejm | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | 21 – Opole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | German Minority |
Ryszard Galla (born July 22, 1956 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9072 votes in the 21st Opole district, and as of the 2011 parliamentary election is the only Sejm member from the German Minority (Polish: Mniejszość Niemiecka, German: Deutsche Minderheit) political party.
Censorship
In 2004, as Deputy President of Opole Province, he publically appealed for burning the entire run of the book Polsko-angielsko-niemiecki Glosariusz regionalny Województwa Opolskiego (The Polish-English-German Regional Glossary of Opole Province) by Tomasz Kamusella,[1] because alongside the Polish and Soviet view on the status of the Polish-German border in 1945-1992, also the Western Allies' and West Germany's interpretation of the frontier's status was indicated.[2] Due to this political pressure the publisher destroyed the aforesaid run of the publication,[3] and which is unprecedented in postcommunist Poland, the National Library of Poland, forbade any public access to the copy of this glossary in its holdings, between 2004 and 2012.[4]
See also
- List of Sejm members (2005–2007)
References
- ↑ http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/kraj/1,34309,2062655.html
- ↑ Tomasz Kamusella. 2004. Polsko-angielsko-niemiecki Glosariusza Województwa Opolskiego. Opole: Oficyna Piastowska, p. 117
- ↑ http://www.nto.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040508/REGION/105080095
- ↑ http://www.nto.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120115/REGION/853367746/
Further information
- Open Letter to the First Postcommunist Polish Prime Minister, Tadeusz Mazowiecki on Censorship in Opole Province, Today’s Poland, and on the Status of the German-Polish Border in 1945-1992. 2012. http://www.rasopole.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=2
- Interview (among others, with R. Galla) on censorship and the status of the German-Polish border in 1945-1992: Praesent [Nowadays: The Weekly Radio Program of the German Minority in Poland]. 2012. Katowice: Radio Katowice. Aug 6, 8pm. http://www.mittendrin.h2.pl/drkamusellatrack.mp3, http://www.mittendrin.pl/archive/show/id/131
External links
- Ryszard Galla - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.