Józef Kisielewski

Józef Kisielewski

Józef Kisielewski, a Polish writer, journalist and right-wing politician of the Stronnictwo Narodowe party was born on January 26, 1905 in Mościska, a village near Przemyśl. He died July 20, 1966 in Bandon, Ireland.

Kisielewski studied Polish Language at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After graduation, in 1929, he worked as a secretary in a Roman Catholic weekly "Przewodnik Katolicki", then, in 1931 became editor-in-chief of the "Tecza" monthly. Also, his articles were published in a right-wing weekly "Prosto z mostu".

In the years 1937 and 1938 Kisielewski went on a series of trips across then-northern Germany, from Berlin, through Hanover, Hamburg, and Stettin to Leba. In the summer of 1939, soon before the outbreak of the Second World War, his book "Ziemia Gromadzi Prochy" ("Earth Gathers the Ashes") was published. The book is a report of his trips, it critically analyzes everyday life of prewar Nazi Germany and accentuates Slavic past of large parts of Germany. Kisielewski was aware of the growing power of Nazi military machine, he correctly predicted that war would start soon. The book was banned by German occupiers of Poland, it was reprinted by Polish anti-Nazi resistance in 1943 and the publication was widely popular.

In September 1939 Jozef Kisielewski, who was well aware that the Germans wanted to capture and kill him for the book, escaped to Romania, then to France and Great Britain. Between 1946 and 1949 he published the "Przegląd Polski" weekly, then became director of the Roman Catholic Publishing House "Veritas". Also, he co-produced magazines "Życie" and "Poland and Germany". He died of a heart attack in Bandon.

references

* "Ocalona garstka popiołu - Pamięci Józefa Kisielewskiego." - 1966 "Dziennik Polski" Marian Czuchnowski
* "W kręgu przyjaźni" - A. Rogalski Warszawa 1983, s. 69-88
* "Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny" Krystyna Sroczyńska 1981

External links

* [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/126363,,,,kisielewski_jozef,haslo.html Short bio of Kisielewski, from an Internet Encyclopedia WIEM]


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