Zdzisław Harlender (15 June 1898 – 11 September 1939) was a Polish pilot, army officer and writer.
Zdzisław Harlender | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1898 |
| Died | 11 September 1939 (aged 41) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | pilot, army officer and writer |
Biography
editAfter serving in World War I, where Harlender was wounded in the Battle of Lemberg, he volunteered for the Polish Airforce and was trained as a pilot. In 1921 he was demobilized and after studies at the Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów and Warsaw School of Economics he worked as a teacher and journalist. In 1932 he was enrolled in a military officer school and in 1934 was appointed as an infantry lieutenant.
Harlender published five books from 1933 to 1939: two on economics, one a war memoir, and the last on politics. In Czciciele Dadźbóg Swarożyca (lit. 'Worshipers of Dadźbóg Swarożyc') from 1937, he lays out his vision for the revival of the pre-Christian Slavic religion.[1] Although a nationalist and a neopagan, he stood outside of the Polish neopagan milieus of his time.[2]
He was mobilized in the Polish Army when World War II broke out and died on 11 September 1939.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Manipulowana waluta wewnętrzna i pieniądz do wypłat międzynarodowych, Warsaw 1933
- Na podniebnych szlakach. (Zakochani w maszynach), Warsaw 1935
- Waluta o ustalonej sile nabywczej, Warsaw 1935
- Czciciele Dadźbóg Swarożyca, Warsaw 1937
- Polski dynamizm polityczny: praca dyskusyjna, Warsaw 1939
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Simpson, Scott (2012). "Strategies for Constructing Religious Practice in Polish Rodzimowierstwo". In Anczyk, A.; Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H. (eds.). Walking the Old Ways: Studies in Contemporary European Paganism. Katowice: Sacrum. ISBN 978-83-933048-2-0.
- ^ Aitamurto, Kaarina; Simpson, Scott, eds. (2014). Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. London and New York: Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-317-54462-3.
- ^ Kryska-Karski, Tadeusz (1996). Straty korpusu oficerskiego 1939–1945 (in Polish). London: Polska Fundacja Kulturalna. ISBN 978-0-85065-252-9.
Further reading
edit- Schaab, Philipp (2019). Götter, Ahnen, Blut und Boden? Die Konstruktion ethnischer Identität im gegenwärtigen slawischen Neuheidentum in Polen. Religionen in der pluralen Welt (in German). Vol. 18. Berlin: Lit Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-14512-3.