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**Harry Johannes Järv** (1921 - 2009) was an
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[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink") translator,
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librarian, writer and veteran of [World War
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II](World_War_II "wikilink").
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## Life
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### Personal Life
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He was born to a farming family in Western
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[Finland](Republic_of_Finland "wikilink"), after graduating high school
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he worked on boats. He enlisted with the Finnish Army in 1939 as war
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with the [USSR](Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics "wikilink") (now
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[Russia](Russian_Federation "wikilink")) broke out, he led covert recon,
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sabotage and attack missions behind enemy lines. He was wounded by a
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landmine and spent the next year in a hospital in
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[Stockholm](Kingdom_of_Sweden "wikilink") and had his leg amputated. He
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was awarded three freedom crosses and two freedom medals, and was
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nominated to be a knight by four generals, which he rejected. He soon
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become a scholar and writer at a [university](university "wikilink"),
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writing over 50 books and editing magazines. He was an avid fan of
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[Franz Kafka](Franz_Kafka "wikilink") and collected over 14,000
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books.\[1\]\[2\]
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### Radicalisation
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He became radicalised by reading [Peter
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Kropotkin's](Peter_Kropotkin "wikilink") books as a teenager and the
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ideas of [Niilo Wälläri](Niilo_Wälläri "wikilink") while working at
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sea.\[3\]
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### Political Activities
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During World War II, he ran his unit as a [democratic
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militia](Democratic_Militia "wikilink"), causing conflict with the chain
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of command due to his ideas of elected commanders and equality between
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troops. He also joined the anarcho-syndicalist union [Central
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Organisation of the Workers in
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Sweden](Central_Organisation_of_the_Workers_in_Sweden "wikilink") in
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1952.\[4\]
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### Death
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He died at age 88 in 2009.\[5\]
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") -
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J%C3%A4rv>
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2. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") (Swedish) -
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<https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J%C3%A4rv>
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