TY - JOUR
TI - “He was one of us” – Joseph Conrad as a Home Army Author
AU - Zabierowski, Stefan
TI - “He was one of us” – Joseph Conrad as a Home Army Author
AB - 
The aim of this article is to show how Conrad’s fiction (and above all the novel Lord Jim) influenced the formation of the ethical attitudes and standards of the members of the Polish Home Army, which was the largest underground army in Nazi-occupied Europe. The core of this army was largely made up of young people who had been born around the year 1920 (i.e. after Poland had regained her independence in 1918) and who had had the opportunity to become acquainted with Conrad’s books during the interwar years. During the wartime occupation, Conrad became the favourite author of  those who were actively engaged in fighting the Nazi regime, familiarizing young conspirators with the ethics of honour—the conviction that fighting in a just cause was a reward in itself, regardless of the outcome. The views of this generation of soldiers have been recorded by the writers who were among them: Jan Józef Szczepański, Andrzej Braun and Leszek Prorok. 
Translated by R. E. Pypłacz

VL - 2018
IS - Vol. 13
PY - 2018
SN - 1899-3028
C1 - 2084-3941
SP - 17
EP - 29
DO - 10.4467/20843941YC.18.002.11237
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/article/he-was-one-of-us-joseph-conrad-as-a-home-army-author
KW - Joseph Conrad
KW - World War II
KW - Poland
KW - Polish Home Army
KW - Home Army
KW - Warsaw Uprising