- Vincent Hadleŭski
Vincent Hadleŭski ( _be. Вінцэнт Гадлеўскі,
November 16 ,1898 –December 24 ,1942 ) was aBelarus ianRoman Catholic priest, publicist and politician.Born in the village Shchury near
Vaukavysk , he graduated from a Catholic seminary inVilna and the Catholic academy inSt.Petersburg . He was one of the first priests to introduce Catholic liturgy inBelarusian language .After declaration of independence of Belarus in 1918 he became member of the government ("
rada ") ofBelarusian National Republic . Vincent Hadleŭski was one of the founders of theBelarusian Christian Democracy political party, was editor of the magazine "Krynica".In
Poland -occupiedWest Belarus he was professor in the Belarusian seminary inNiasvizh and priest in Sviancianypowiat . For active promotion of Belarusian language and independence Hadleŭski was arrested and put to prison for 2 years.After his liberation he lived in
Vilnia , where he translated theNew Testament into Belarusian.In 1939–1940 he edited the magazine "
Bielaruski front " and established theBelarusian Independence Party . Hadleŭski's ideology wasright-wing conservative and Christian, while most of other Belarusian national movement at that time was ratherleftist , for example as the major West Belarusian political parties - theBelarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union and later theCommunist Party of West Belarus .In June 1940 Vincent Hadleŭski moved to
Warsaw where he worked at the German-organized Belarusian Committee. In October 1941 he became chief scholary inspector ofMinsk and organized education processes in the city's primary schools. While that, he kept on promoting the idea of Belarusian independence and organized illegal activity of the Belarusian Independence Party, that later even worked on an anti-German uprising in Minsk [http://www.slounik.org/32036.html Напрыканцы чэрвеня 1944 г. ЦК БНП рыхтаваў у Менску антынямецкае паўстаньне з мэтай абвяшчэньня Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі, якое было адменена з прычыны імклівага наступу Чырвонай Арміі] .On
December 24 ,1942 Vincent Hadleŭski was arrested by the German police and shot inMaly Trostenets extermination camp .References
External links
* [http://www.slounik.org/149424.html biography at slounik.org]
* [http://knihi.net/descriptions/jorsz-rycar-svabody.html Siarhiej Jorš. "Rycar Svabody"] .
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