AHC: Polish Warsaw Uprising Neo-Pagans

Inspired by my reading about this Ukrainian Neo-Pagan Unit that has been fighting on the side of the Donetsk People's Republic as well as the life of Jan Stachniuk, a Pole who organised Neo-Paganism in inter-war Poland and called for an abandonment of Christianity followed by a return to traditional Slavic life. Admittedly, he seems to have been an anti-Semite and a racist, but what can you do? :rolleyes: :eek: He went on to fight in the Polish Underground and taking part in the Warsaw Uprising, during which he was wounded three times, before being arrested by the Soviets in 1949 wherein he was made a cripple. He died in 1963.

So here's my challenge, make a Neo-Pagan unit of the Polish Underground (it can be anything from a dozen to hundreds strong but the larger the better) that engages in combat with the German military (even if said combat is limited to a small firefight or two). The unit should exist for a reasonable length of time (I leave that to your interpretation) and Brownie points if it fights in the Warsaw Uprising.

Who would lead such a unit? My suggestion would be Jan Stachniuk as he seems to have been the most influential Polish Neo-Pagan of the time and leader of the largest organisation, but if you you think one of the other options is better, go right ahead with them.

Btw, I fully acknowledge that my very very limited reading on Polish inter-war Neo-Paganism has all been done on wikipedia (and usually translated by google too :eek: ) Sorry!
 

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Well as a Pole and pagan I feel called to answer.:D You would need a sightly stronger pagan movement - with enough publicity to generate backslash on the streets.
The POD could be a scandal in the ranks of church, (the more spicy the better), a catchy tune, or other attractive work of art, creating interest in paganism.
If there would be organised bands of youth protecting neopagan meetings, to fight the organised bands of youth desring to break them up, you just need them to not be all killed/maimed/POW in September Campaing. After that, ZWZ and then AK would look for any patriotic recruits. If they find ones that are "semi-organised" ;) they there is good possibility thet they would form one unit. German anti insurgent operations rarely would destroy entire units, they would rather pick of single people.
There is some possibility that they would last to form a platoon or company in Warsaw Uprising.
 
Well as a Pole and pagan I feel called to answer.:D You would need a sightly stronger pagan movement - with enough publicity to generate backslash on the streets.
The POD could be a scandal in the ranks of church, (the more spicy the better), a catchy tune, or other attractive work of art, creating interest in paganism.
If there would be organised bands of youth protecting neopagan meetings, to fight the organised bands of youth desring to break them up, you just need them to not be all killed/maimed/POW in September Campaing. After that, ZWZ and then AK would look for any patriotic recruits. If they find ones that are "semi-organised" ;) they there is good possibility thet they would form one unit. German anti insurgent operations rarely would destroy entire units, they would rather pick of single people.
There is some possibility that they would last to form a platoon or company in Warsaw Uprising.

So something causing the collapse of the Catholic Church in Poland (or at least its weakening)? Hmm, might be a good idea to get rid of the USSR. Having such a large atheist neighbour probably helped strengthen the ties between Catholicism and the Polish state/national identity. Perhaps the Russian Civil War results in Russia collapsing into warlordism as happened in China OTL. Then the Church in Poland would be easier to make collapse I think. Unless anyone can think of a scandal that could do the trick anyway?

Francis Dec was in NYC, so he'd likely not qualify- plus he didn't go crazy until after he was disbarred.

Never heard of this guy before, just looked him up and he seems to be a tad touched :D

Any ideas as to what would have happened to the little band of Neo-Pagans? I would assume the AK leadership would be opposed to their existence/independence and would try to spread them among other units and that sort of thing. Supposing they manage to stay together, I guess they go the way of the rest of the Polish underground (killed by the Nazis early on or the Soviets a bit later).
 
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