Adam Heydel | |
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| Born | December 6, 1893 |
| Died | March 14, 1941 (aged 47) |
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| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Influences | Say ·Mill ·Menger ·Marshall ·Böhm-Bawerk ·Krzyżanowski [pl] ·Mises ·Hayek ·Schumpeter |
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| School or tradition | Kraków School of Economics Austrian School of Economics[1] |
Adam Zdzisław Heydel (December 6, 1893 – March 14, 1941) was aPolisheconomist and representative of theCracow School of Economics, a type ofeconomic liberalism.
Adam Heydel was the son of Zdzisław and Maria Heydel, his brother named Wojciech. He was a student atJohn III Sobieski High School and later studied inMoscow andKiev. In 1922 he studied law at theJagiellonian University, where he got hisdoctorate.[2] In the years 1921–1922 he worked in theMinistry of Foreign Affairs. In 1925 he got ahabilitation in the field ofpolitical economy. Two years later he became a lecturer of economics at the Jagiellonian University.
Together withAdam Krzyżanowski andFerdinand Zweig he became a follower of the Cracow School of Economics, which advocated free market reforms. Heydel was familiar with western economic developments, particularly with theAustrian School and the economists ofLudwig von Mises andFriedrich von Hayek. He criticised the arguments concerning thegeneral level of prices made byJoseph Schumpeter despite his personal friendship with him, as well as the monetary doctrines ofIrving Fisher.[1]
Heydel considered himself anationalist and was sympathetic to theNational Democratic movement and in the years 1930–1931 he led the National club in Cracow.[2] He was critical ofSanation and due to this he was removed from the economics department at the Jagiellonian University and proceeded to become a director of the economics institute at theAcademy of Learning.
Heydel was arrested on 6 November 1939 as a part of the operations ofSonderaktion Krakau and with other academics he was placedSachsenhausen concentration camp. Due to international pressure Heydel was released from the camp together with other academics which reached 40 years of age. After his release he got involved in theUnion of Armed Struggle and on 23 of January 1941 he was arrested by theGestapo.
After refusing to sign theVolksliste he was moved to Auschwitz where he was murdered in a mass-shooting.[1]
Po kilku godzinach zginął razem z innymi od salwy plutonu egzekucyjnego w żwirowni koło drutów, tuż za terenem obozu Auschwitz.[After a few hours, he was killed along with others by a salvo of the firing squad in a gravel pit near the wires, just outside the Auschwitz camp grounds.]
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