Vincent Godlewski: Against Time

The name of Vincent Hadlewski (1888–1942) is well known to everyone interested in the Belarusian national liberation movement of the first half of the 20th century. This man was not only one of the leaders of the Belarusian Christian Democracy —
the most influential independence organization of Western Belarus in the interwar era, but also by his own example showed the residents of villages and towns their right to use their native language in the church.
The biography of Vincent Godlewski is based on a detailed study of various documents, memoirs, and periodicals. The author organically fits the priest's activities into the broad context of the dramatic era when Belarusians first declared their right to national statehood. His life path is described in detail from his birth in the village of Shurychi, near Vaukavysk, to his tragic death in the Trostenets Forest near Minsk.