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CALL FOR PAPERS: Oppositional Engagement of Women in Authoritarian and Totalitarian Systems of the 20th Century: Poland in a Comparative European Perspective (1919–1989)

We invite scholars to participate in an international academic conference devoted to various forms of activity undertaken by women who engaged in opposition and dissent under authoritarian and totalitarian rule in the 20th century.

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The Lemkin Laboratory – the Pilecki Institute and the Mieroszewski Centre sign cooperation agreement

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The Witold Pilecki International Book Award: Bilewicz, Marat and Eristavi winners of the Institute’s 5th competition for best history book

The Witold Pilecki International Book Awards were presented during a ceremony on Thursday 11 December, in the auditorium of the Pilecki Institute.

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Competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities

Competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities, Department for the study of Nazism and German occupation during the Second World War at the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor.

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Conference summary “Die Haltung der deutschen Minderheiten im besetzten Europa (1939–1945). Forschungsmethoden, soziale Kontexte und Nachkriegsfolgen”

On 20–21 November 2025, an international academic conference was held in Berlin and addressed issues of the attitudes of the German population during the occupation and their postwar fate.

The commemoration of Jakub Tokarz who was murdered for helping Jews during the German occupation | CALLED BY NAME

On 28 October 2025, in Biedaczów near Leżajsk, a stone with a commemorative plaque was unveiled in honor of Jakub Tokarz – a resident of the village who paid the ultimate price for sheltering the Jewish Rimler family during the Second World War. He is the hundredth person to be honored as part of the “Called by Name” program.

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