Fabian
Akinčyc as a leader
of Belarusian national–socialists
Jury Turonak
Fabian Akinčyc,
Petersburg University graduate (1913), Russian SR Party figure, after
returning home (1923) became a governing body member of BSR „Hramada“, „Central Union“ and other
organizations in Western Belarus. Also known as a publicist and publisher. In
1933 he organized a group of Belarusian national–socialists in Vilnia. He was
its ideologist and leader. In the spring of 1939 he left for Germany trying to
establish political and military collaboration of Belarusian Nazis with German
authorities to gain the leadership in Belarus after its occupation by German
troops, competed against his political rivals. Special attention was paid to
bringing up the young generation in the spirit of national–socialist
principles. He considered it the starting point for national revival and
formation of Belarusian state under German protectorate. In September 1941 he
headed the committee to select a certain number of intellectual people of Belarusian
origin from prisoner–of–war camps. They were directed at several–month propaganda
courses not far from Berlin. After the course Akinčyc sent groups of
skilled propagandists to General District of Belarus. He rested on them in his
fight with his main political rival Ivan Jermačenka and governing body of
Belarusian National Socialists under his leadership. However, Kube revealed the
action planned by Akinčyc and , as a result, on March 5,1943 he was
assassinated. Akinčyc’ activity was given a contradictory assessment after
the war. Perhaps, his only achievement was training of propagandists who, in
the summer of 1943, organized and headed a political organization — Union of
Belarusian
Youth.