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Sanation was a Polish political movement that emerged in the interwar period, prior to Józef Piłsudski's May 1926 Coup d'État, and gained influence following the coup. In 1928, its political activists
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Beck
Tadeusz Hołówko
Wacław Jędrzejewicz
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 16 November 1930, with Senate elections held a week later on 23 November. In what became known as the Brest elections, the pro-Sanation Nonpartisan Bloc
Mieczysław Niedziałkowski
Joachim Bartoszewicz, senator, ze zbiorów NAC
Satirical drawing from Hasło Łódzkie newspaper, 5 October 1930. The text: "From the series: 'Most popular Polish spa towns' - Brest-on-the-Bug." The picture is a reference to the Brest trial and the "Brest elections", when many Polish politicians of the Centrolew party were imprisoned in the Brest Fortress (pictured).