Jan Mosdorf
Jan Mosdorf (30 May 1904 – 11 October 1943), was a Polish
Biography
Mosdorf was born in Warsaw. He associated himself with the National Democratic movement (founded by Roman Dmowski) some time in 1926. Two years later, he completed his philosophy studies, earning an M.A. degree (later, he also earned a PhD in philosophy, writing about works of Auguste Comte, under supervision of Prof. Władysław Tatarkiewicz). As a student, he was a member of several right-wing youth organizations. He wrote articles for nationalist magazines, always claiming that Germany was Poland's main enemy and that Poland should gain control over the Western part of Upper Silesia and Masuria.
In 1928, during the IV Congress of the MW, which took place in
We [Polish nationalists] are not fascists, nor Hitlerites, for we are a native Polish movement, independent of foreign views. Additionally, we do not see ourselves as fascists or Nazis due to the many weaknesses, and even sins, these movements carry. These are not examples we would want to follow.- Jan Mosdorf "Wczoraj i Jutro", 1938[1]
In late 1939, after the
Until then, Mosdorf had regarded Jews as enemies of Poland and the Polish nation. After surviving typhus, however, he changed his attitudes. Professor Irina Livezeanu from University of Pittsburgh wrote: "Mosdorf did everything in his power to help the Jews in the Auschwitz camp, and he died together with the Jews."
On 25 September 1943, Mosdorf was placed in the Pavilion XI, and on 11 October he was executed with a group of other inmates. His
Works
- Jan Mosdorf, "Wczoraj i Jutro", 1938 reprint Agencja Wydawniczo-Reklamowa "ARTE", 2005, ISBN 978-83-921586-0-8,
Bibliography
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (April 2009) |
- Mateusz Kotas, "Jan Mosdorf. Filozof, ideolog, polityk" - 2007 ISBN 978-83-60048-37-5
- Tadeusz Piotrowski, Poland's Holocaust, 1998
- Stefan Korboński, Jews Under Occupation, University of Pittsburgh
References
- ISBN 978-83-921586-0-8