Zdzisław Harlender
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 | pilot, army officer and writer |
Biography
After World War I, where he 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.
He published five books from 1933 to 1939: two on economics, one a war memoir, and the last on politics. In Czciciele Dadźbóg Swarożyca (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
- 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
References
- 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.
- Aitamurto, Kaarina; Simpson, Scott, eds. (2014). Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. p. 123.
- Kryska-Karski, T. (1996). Straty korpusu oficerskiego 1939-1935 (in Polish). London.
Further reading
- Szczepański, Thomas (2015). "Zdzisław Lubomir Harlender – żołnierz, publicysta, neopoganin". Trygław (in Polish). Warsaw (16).