Kryzys wewnętrzny w Chrześcijańskim Stowarzyszeniu Społecznym w latach sześćdziesiątych i upadek polityczny Jana Frankowskiego

Abstract

This article presents the history of an internal crisis in the Christian Social Association (ChSA) in the 1960s, which led to the political downfall of its founder and first leader, Jan Frankowski, in 1968. The genesis of the events is presented, connected with the group’s dissatisfaction with the activities of the president, expressed both by the members of the CHSA and its political supervisors, as well as with the influence of the agents branched in the Association and the political conditions related to the crisis of 1968 in the People's Republic of Poland. Attention was also paid to the characterological predispositions of Frankowski and his opponents, which had a fundamental impact on their political choices and conduct. In this context, the question of the President's political opportunism was considered above all. All these factors contributed to his political defeat. His fate after his marginalization and the history of the Association after 1968 proved that the ChSA, despite changes in personnel, was still controlled by the Ministry of the Interior, and the Office for Religious Affairs and was divided by the ambitions of its leaders.