''Prosto z mostu'' (English: Straight Out) was a weekly magazine, which was published in
Warsaw
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...
, from 1935 until 1939. Its editor in chief was
Stanisław Piasecki
Stanisław Piasecki (15 December 1900 – 12 June 1941) was a Polish right-wing activist, politician and journalist of partially Jewish descent.
Piasecki was born on 15 December 1900 in Lwów, Austrian Galicia. He was the son of scouting activist ...
, and the magazine was strongly associated with radical right-wing movement
National Radical Camp
The National Radical Camp ( pl, Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR) refers to at least three groups that are fascist, far-right, and ultranationalist Polish organisations with doctrines stemming from pre- World War II nationalist ideology.
The cu ...
(ONR). In 1931–1935, ''Prosto z mostu'' was published as a Sunday supplement to the ''ABC'' daily, associated with the ONR.
''Prosto z mostu'' presented the works of leading right-wing publicists of Poland in the late 1930s. Among most notable publicists who were associated with the magazine were Jan Mosdorf, , Jan Dobraczyński, Józef Kisielewski, , , and Jerzy Zdziechowski. Furthermore, the magazine occasionally featured the works of
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Jerzy Andrzejewski (; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. His novels, '' Ashes and Diamonds'' (about the immediat ...
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Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (23 January 1905 – 6 December 1953), alias ''Karakuliambro'', was a Polish poet. He is well known for the "paradramatic" absurd humorous sketches of the ''Green Goose Theatre''.
Biography
Born to a lower-mi ...
and . As in the late 1930s it became more radical, some writers decided to break their ties with it ( Karol Irzykowski, Boleslaw Micinski). ''Prosto z mostu'' often published provocative, aggressive articles, and was conflicted with the literary group Skamander. Furthermore, the Sanation government frequently confiscated the copies of the magazine, due to radical right-wing contents and criticism of the government. It also featured anti-Semitic articles
While the publication was heavily antisemitic and opposed to presence of Jews in Poland, at the same time it supported alliance with
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in J ...
movement and creation of Jewish state in Palestine, to create an emigration destination for Polish Jews. Zionists were defined as "Jews with national pride and dignity" and the attempt to create a Jewish state as "natural, healthy national Jewish desires .The nostalgia for own state and evacuation from foreign countries".