Herman Diamand – on the 90th Anniversary of His Death
Herman Diamand – on the 90th Anniversary of His Death

Summary/Abstract: Herman Diamand (1860–1931) was born in Lwów to a traditional and progressive Jewish merchant family. His father took an active part in the Spring of Nations in 1848, his mother prepared dressings for the insurgents in 1863. From the late 1880s Herman Diamand was involved in the early socialist movement in Lwów. He was a co-founder of the Galician Workers’ Party in 1890 and the Social-Democratic Party of Galicia in 1892, which became the Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia and Silesia (PPSD) in 1897. In 1904 Herman Diamand was elected member of the International Socialist Bureau of the Second International, as a representative of Polish socialist parties in all three partition zones. The Polish Socialist Party (PPS) leaders, Józef Piłsudski among them, found long-term shelter at his home, when in Lwów. In the International, Herman Diamand was deeply engaged in getting support of the European socialist leaders for Polish independence. Herman Diamand was a deputy to Austrian Parliament from 1907 till 1918. In December 1918 he was appointed to the Polish Liquidation Committee and from 1919 till 1930 he was deputy to the Polish Sejm. He also represented Poland internationally. He participated in negotiations with Germany after WWI and negotiated and signed on behalf of Poland the first economic agreement with Germany after the war. His diplomatic efforts played a role in assuring Poland a seat in the Council of the League of Nations.

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