Gazeta Wyborcza has just dug up the past of a recently appointed deputy head of the state TV (there are a couple deputies. Piotr Farfal is an activist of the extreme right League of Polish Families (LPR) which joined the coalition a few months ago, was a provincial leader of its youth arm (All-Polish Youth, think skinheads in suits) in a northern province, and was number one on the LPR's list in that province in last years elections but failed to get in.  

A decade ago, however, he was even further to the right - straight neo-Nazi. He was the head of a tiny skinhead 'newspaper' (couple guys with a computer and photocopier) for two years.  A number of gems, including this one from 1995, entitled 'The true face of the Jew': "Severe measures against Jews are a necessity for any nation which seeks healthy and independent growth. It is time [...] to completely get rid of Jewdom, which must be expelled from all of Europe. We cannot allow ourselves to say: that's a good Jew, he never hurt anyone. No pity or false sentimentality.[...]" In other articles we find out that Vatican II is proof that the Jews control the Catholic Church.

To be fair he was only 18 at the time. But considering that he's stayed on the extreme right, I suspect his views aren't that different today. GW asked a leading PiS (main governing party) deputy for his opinion and he said that if the information is accurate Mr. Farfal would be out of a job.

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