Results of the Competition for the position of Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor in Berlin - Instytut Pileckiego
Results of the Competition for the position of Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor in Berlin
Warsaw, 20 November 2025 | Announcement of the results of the Competition for the position of Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor in Berlin.
Following a competition for the position of Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor in Berlin, having assessed the applications on formal and substantive grounds and having conducted interviews with the candidates, and pursuant to the Resolution 1/2025 on the results of the competition, the Competition Committee recommended Ms. Hanna Nowak-Radziejowska for appointment as Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor in Berlin.
Three candidates entered the competition; one application was rejected on formal grounds. The competition was won by Ms. Hanna Nowak-Radziejowska.
Karol Madaj, Acting Director of the Pilecki Institute, acting upon the recommendation of the Competition Committee, appoints Ms. Hanna Nowak-Radziejowska a Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin, effective 1 December 2025.
Ms. Joanna Kiliszek, Acting Manager of the Extraneous Branch of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin, shall be dismissed from her current position, effective 30 November 2025. She will remain on the team of the Berlin Branch of the Pilecki Institute.
The Competition Committee
Chair: dr hab. Damian Markowski – Plenipotentiary of the Director for Scientific Affairs
Members:
Łukasz Mieszkowski – Deputy Director for Public History
Dr hab. Tomasz Chinciński – professor of the Institute
Dr hab. Andrzej Zawistowski – professor of the Institute
Dr Krystian Wiciarz – Plenipotentiary of the Director for the Center for Totalitarian Studies
Dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – Manager of the Exercising Modernity Department at the Berlin Branch, representative of employees of the Extraneous Branch of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin
Klaudia Zheng – Chair of the Works Council at the Extraneous Branch of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin
Kamila Sachnowska - Manager of the Education Department
Secretary: Ewa Serafin-Prusator – Manager of the Research Projects Department.
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