As a member of the Miner's Labor Union, he participated in the Mitteldeutschen Aufstand (Central German Rebellion) in the Gieseltal (Giesel Valley).

He attended a driving and servant school in Halle (Saale), subsequently he was a journeyman in Saxony on the way.

Hinter den schwartzen Wäldern (Behind the Black Forests) describes Harych's poor childhood.

The third novel, Im Namen des Volkes (In the Name of the People), is a documentary of miscarriage of justice befalling Polish farm worker Jakubowski in the 1920s.

[2] The novel was commissioned by the National Building Program for Germany's Capital (German: Nationales Aufbauprogramm der Haupstadt Deutschlands).