Aristotelis Kalentzis


Aristotelis Irakleous Kalentzis, is a Greek national socialist horseback archery instructor and author who was sentenced in 1977 to 12 years in prison for terrorist activities. After his release from prison, he was interviewed by journalist Greek TV reportage show "Made In Greece" and openly admitted to being a national socialist. In another part of his interview, he said that Adolf Hitler is a "prophet of the World" and "an erratic person for those who can understand the deeper side of History". He also said that "violence is in Nature's game. National socialists are always in Nature's game, because they are nothing but a part of Nature. Now, if violence is necessary to solve some problems, then we will not deny it"; see the "Τα MME και η κολυμπήθρα του Σιλωάμ " reference in the "References and external links" section of this article.

Aristotelis Kalentzis vs. Greece

On 14 July 1987, Kalentzis wrote to the European Commission of Human Rights, against Greece claiming that, while he was serving his 12-year sentence in Korydallos Prison, he was orally and wrongly forbidden by the director of the prison to be in possession of a book he had written, in which he related his experiences during his first years in prison. His motion was rejected by the Commission. The case and the Commission's decision and reasoning are documented in pages 125-166 of the Commission's publication of proceedings "Décisions et rapports, Volumes 73-74".

In recent years

After his release, in an interview he gave to Greek strasserist blog , Kalentzis appeared to have effectively resigned from all political action. However, he regularly contributes articles on the aforementioned strasserist blog. He also seems to enjoy some acceptance among some Greek Neopagans, since he is favorably mentioned as an esteemed guest at some festivals of one neopagan group, such as the . However his views are strongly rejected by several Hellen polytheists on the grounds of being totally at odds with Hellenic religion and Cosmotheasis.
He has also emerged as a horseback archery instructor, as he runs a training company for this sport, named . This company seems to be associated with the Hungarian Kassai school of horseback archery. See ; most revealing are those of 22 June 2009 and 1 July 2009 ; these releases reveal Kalentzis' ties with the Greek neo-pagan movement.
Kalentzis' horseback archery company has also been practically advertised on 18 November 2009, exactly one day after the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, in Greek newspaper "Τα Νέα" in an , entitled "Αμαζόνες σε επικίνδυνες αποστολές".