Wojciech Olszański (born 7 July 1960), also known as Jaszczur, is a Polish nationalist activist, film and theatre actor, filmmaker, livestreamer, and the founder of the far-right Rodacy Kamraci [pl] party.
[4] After 2000, he starred in supporting roles in various films, including Quo Vadis (2001) and Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011),[2] alongside participating in historical reenactments.
He gained a large following on his channel, Niezależna Polska TV, which was repeatedly restricted by YouTube because of its violent and anti-Semitic content.
[2][8] Later, on 30 August 2023, he cofounded Rodacy Kamraci [pl] (English: Compatriot Comrades) and contended in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, but failed to sign any candidates.
[14] In addition to these views, Olszański believes in national communism, reflecting positively on the Polish People's Republic[15] and praising Ivan Serov[16][17] and Bolesław Piasecki.
He has been sued for, among other things, slapping another man during Warsaw Uprising commemorations in 2017,[18] attacking a Belarusian student with pepper spray in 2021 for participating in pro-democratic movements,[6] burning down a copy of the Statute of Kalisz during an Independence Day parade that same year,[19] and calling for the murder of deputies to the Sejm during an anti-vaccine protest in 2022.