Nieznośna konkurencja, O sporach między warszawskimi antysemitami końca XIX i początku XX wieku
Intolerable Competition – the Disputes Betweeen Warsaw's Turn-of–the-Century Anti-Semites

Summary/Abstract: The 1870s a breakthrough occurred in the public life in the Kingdom of Poland with regard to the manner in which the discussions on the Jews and their social role were conducted, and alto to the nature of Christian-Jewish relations. This was in a large measure due to the activity of Jan Jeleński, the “first open anti-Semite of the Warsaw press," subsequently jointed by his associates from “Rola” weekly. The article looks at the problem of the reception of thought, disputes and ideological differences accompanying the relations between that group and the conservative landowners' milieu rallied round the Warsaw “Niwa”, which was evolving toward anti-Semitism. These relations were characterized by marked dynamics, which was due, on the one hand, from the ideological evolution taking place in these milieux all the time, and on the other, from the personal reshuffles taking place in the editorial offices of both periodicals. Over time, however, the faith in the "spiritual affinity" between “Rola” and “Niwa” gave way to mistrust leading to a fratricidal struggle for readers, whose climax came in the late 1890s. This is when members of the Congress Kingdom's Roman Catholic clergy engaged in the war between the anti-Semitic magazines, which led to an actual factionalization inside that milieu.

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