Joanna Nikel (born 1987) – Doctor of Humanities, graduate of History and Art History (University of Wrocław), postgraduate studies in the International Art Market (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University) and Project Management (Warsaw School of Economics). Holder of DAAD and KAAD scholarships. Research stays at Humboldt-Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Dresden, among others. Enthusiast of modernist architecture and
researcher of German history, with a special focus on the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century. The author of numerous publications on German history and cultural heritage, including the monograph “Kształcenie architektów w Niemczech Wschodnich w latach 1946–1970 na przykładzie Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee” (2020). At the Pilecki Institute, she studies the German occupation of Mazovia during the Second World War.