Polish party members openly practiced religion and joined the opposition by the 1970s.
Evidence
By the 1970s, a tacit understanding emerged between party members and their leaders, so that the vast majority of party members attended religious services, baptized their children, and even openly joined the opposition. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 259
Categorization
- XREF: Strong manifestation of the professed-conviction-versus-actual-divergence theme: party membership coexisted comfortably with religious practice and opposition activity, undercutting any reading of the party as ideologically cemented. — connects to: Over a third of Polish communist party members themselves joined the anti-regime Solidarity movement. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 255; Polish communists tacitly tolerated members practicing religion and opposing the party — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 259; Polish communist party members themselves joined the opposition en masse — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 255 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Polish communists tacitly tolerated members practicing religion and opposing the party
#corroborates(0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 259 - Polish communist party members themselves joined the opposition en masse
#expands(0.80) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 255 - Hungarian party elites built covert personal networks with opposition that Poland lacked
#complicates(0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 321