Research projects - Instytut Pileckiego

Polish Germans 1939–1945. The Attitudes and Situation of Polish Citizens of German Ethnic Nationality In Lands Incorporated Into the Third Reich and in the General Government

The subject of the research undertaken is the situation and attitudes of Polish citizens of German origin during the Second World War.

(Un)tried Crimes. The Approach of the Law Enforcement Agencies and the Judiciary of the Federal Republic of Germany to German Crimes in Poland (1939–1945)

The subject of the research undertaken is the approach of the law enforcement agencies and the judiciary of the Federal Republic of Germany to German crimes committed in occupied Poland (1939–1945).

Mitteleuropa – Consigned to History?

The result of the project is the Polish edition of Friedrich Naumann’s 1915 bestselling book Mitteleuropa (Polish title: Mitteleuropa – nowy porządek w sercu Europy).

Polish Lawyers’ Contribution to the Work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission

The United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC, 1943–1948) was established in the fall of 1943 as the first international body of the Allied nations responsible for gathering documentation of crimes committed by Axis powers in occupied countries.

Policies of the Polish Government-in-Exile with regard to Jews – Polish citizens in the Soviet Union and the Middle East

The goal of the project was the academic study of the policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile with regard to Jews – Polish citizens in the Soviet Union and the Middle East.

Polish Intelligentsia as the Enemy of the German and Soviet Totalitarianism

How was the new intelligentsia forged (or how did it emerge) after the Second World War? Who shaped its structure and characteristics? What happened to the prewar “old” intellectuals? As part of this project, we seek answers to all the above questions.

Polish Intelligentsia during the Second World War: Its Fate and History Throughout the Occupation (German Occupation, Soviet Occupation)

The Polish society was particularly strongly affected by the German and Soviet occupation during the Second World War and in the Stalinist era. This became evident in the irreversible loss of the Polish intellectual, cultural and political elites. It is estimated that as a result of the criminal policies of the German and Soviet occupiers, 30% of researchers, 20% of teachers and representatives of culture, 21.5% of judges and prosecutors, 57% of attorneys and 39% of doctors perished. However, the data are incomplete, and as such require verification and supplementation following new research.

Economic Policies as a Tool of Totalitarian States Against Polish Citizens in the Years 1939–1949

The goal of the project “Economic Policies as a Tool of Totalitarian States Against Polish Citizens in the Years 1939–1949” is to examine the similarities between the economic policies of two totalitarian states aimed against the citizens of Poland in the years 1939–1949.

German Terror in the Eastern Administrative Areas of the Warsaw District of the General Government in the Years 1939–1944

The objective of the project is a comprehensive presentation of the apparatus of violence and the policy of terror imposed by the Third Reich in selected administrative areas of the Warsaw district of the General Government.

The Legacy of the Document Bureau in the Collections of the Hoover Institution

A rich collection of documents both authored and amassed by the Polish military units which escaped the USSR in 1942 is of key importance for research into the occupation policy of the Soviet Union in the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic.

Jews in the General Government (1939–1945)

The objective of the project consists in researching the fate of Jews – Polish citizens, who during World War II resided in the four initial districts of the General Government.

KL Gusen as the Site of Extermination of Poles

The aim of the project is to study the fates of Polish prisoners of KL Gusen.

The Memory of the Second World War: an Organizational Analysis

Why do certain events and historical topics find their way to the collective memory and quickly become its inherent part, while others do not, or are returned to memory only after many years?

The Destruction of Polish Historical Monuments on Territories Occupied by the Third Reich – the Kraków District

The objective of this research project is to arrive at a detailed picture of the losses incurred by Poland in terms of historical monuments, which constitute a particular type of monuments of culture, in direct consequence of the German occupation.