Polish-Catholic People's Party

Defunct Historical The Polish-Catholic People's Party (Polish: Polsko-Katolicka Partia Ludowa, PKPL) was an agrarian Polish political party founded in 1912 by the media magnate Wiktor Kulerski [pl].

[1] Wiktor Kulerski operated the Grudziądz Gazette (Polish: Gazeta Grudziądzka), one of the largest newspapers in Poland.

[2] Despite for a time being cordial with the National Democratic (Endecja) movement, being a member of the Polish Democratic Society [pl] (later Democratic-National Society), he eventually came into conflict with them due to his support for compromise with German Empire.

[1] During World War I, PKPL supported the German Empire and its plans to create a German-aligned Polish state.

PKPL defended the Catholic Church, with several priests contesting elections to the Reichstag under the party's patronage.