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- Virtus et Franternitas Medals presented
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Virtus et Franternitas Medals presented
- Information concerning the 6th issue of the "Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies" yearbook
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Information concerning the 6th issue of the "Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies" yearbook
The editors of the “Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies” yearbook invite you to submit articles in Polish or English. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2022.
- Totalitarianism Across History and Disciplines | conference
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Totalitarianism Across History and Disciplines | conference
We invite graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from all disciplines to submit proposals for papers regarding any aspect of totalitarianism, from a broad theoretical and historical perspective. The deadline for applications is 15.09.2022.
- Lemkin Center | University of Warsaw declares cooperation with the Pilecki Institute
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Lemkin Center | University of Warsaw declares cooperation with the Pilecki Institute
In connection with the establishment of the Lemkin Center, the Pilecki Institute and the University of Warsaw have signed a framework agreement for cooperation.
- You can help by gathering testimonies from Ukrainian refugees!
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You can help by gathering testimonies from Ukrainian refugees!
We are appealing to volunteers for support in collecting the accounts of the Ukrainian people.
- Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine
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Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine
In response to the Russian attack on Ukraine and reports of Russian military actions against civilians, the Pilecki Institute has established the Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine.
- Jan Maletka Deserves Commemoration. A Response to Adam Leszczyński
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Jan Maletka Deserves Commemoration. A Response to Adam Leszczyński
- Christina Lamb | „Our Bodies, Their Battlefield. What War Does to Women"
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Christina Lamb | „Our Bodies, Their Battlefield. What War Does to Women"
- Filip Gańczak | Jan Sehn. Tropiciel nazistów [Jan Sehn. The Nazi Hunter]
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Filip Gańczak | Jan Sehn. Tropiciel nazistów [Jan Sehn. The Nazi Hunter]
The biography Jan Sehn. Tropiciel nazistów [Jan Sehn. The Nazi Hunter] by Dr. Filip Gańczak caught the attention of the Awards Committee of the Witold Pilecki International Book Award and won the prize in the second category devoted to historical reportage
- "Conscience cannot be delegalized". On the closure of Memorial International
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"Conscience cannot be delegalized". On the closure of Memorial International
On 28 December, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation endorsed the request from the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia and ordered the closure of Memorial International.
- The Witold Pilecki International Book Award | an open letter
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The Witold Pilecki International Book Award | an open letter
An open letter from Wojciech Kozłowski, Director of the Pilecki Institute, to Eliyana Adler, the prizewinner of the Witold Pilecki International Book Award in the "Academic history book" category.
- The Witold Pilecki International Book Award | an official statement
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The Witold Pilecki International Book Award | an official statement
The statement of the Jury of the Witold Pilecki International Book Award and the Pilecki Institute.
- Competition for the Post of Adjunct in the Humanities or Social Sciences
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Competition for the Post of Adjunct in the Humanities or Social Sciences
Competition for the Post of Adjunct in the Humanities or Social Sciences at the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor.
- Competition for the Post of Adjunct in the Humanities
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Competition for the Post of Adjunct in the Humanities
Informujemy o rekrutacji na stanowisko adiunkta w dziedzinie nauk humanistycznych w Instytucie Solidarności i Męstwa im. Witolda Pileckiego.
- History and Memory. Graduate Academy 2021-2022 | second call for applications
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History and Memory. Graduate Academy 2021-2022 | second call for applications
We have decided to create more places on the "Totalitarianism in East-Central Europe 1939–1989: History and Memory. Graduate Academy 2021-2022" program. Apply now! Deadline: 29 August 2021.
- Pilecki Institute International Teachers and Educators Program | call for participants
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Pilecki Institute International Teachers and Educators Program | call for participants
Have you ever reflected on the nature of evil? Do you wonder what leads people to become involved in resistance to totalitarian regimes? Do you want to engage your students in debate about the most important events of the 20th century?
- The 20th-Century Polish School of Law. To the Rescue of Mankind – Between Diplomacy, Law and Politics | call fo papers
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The 20th-Century Polish School of Law. To the Rescue of Mankind – Between Diplomacy, Law and Politics | call fo papers
We would like to invite you to submit an application for the international scientific conference organized by the Pilecki Institute on 8-9 December 2021. The deadline for applications is 30 September.
- "Silent Heroes" | an interview with Deputy Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport Magdalena Gawin
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"Silent Heroes" | an interview with Deputy Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport Magdalena Gawin
"Polish-Jewish relations cannot be described through the prism of the pathology of antisemitism, physical violence or the mythology of oft-repeated lies which undermine the aid that was given."
- Totalitarianism in East-Central Europe 1939–1989: History and Memory. Graduate Academy 2021-2022
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Totalitarianism in East-Central Europe 1939–1989: History and Memory. Graduate Academy 2021-2022
The program is aimed at fostering reflection on the regional experience of facing two totalitarian regimes and introducing it into mainstream discussion on the history of the 20th century.
- “Pilecki” | multimedia report
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“Pilecki” | multimedia report
A soldier who volunteered to be imprisoned in KL Auschwitz, the author of reports on the Holocaust. Today we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Witold Pilecki. We invite you to see the report prepared by journalists of the Onet.pl website.
- Walenty Jabłoński, doctor and an exile in Siberia, is dead
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Walenty Jabłoński, doctor and an exile in Siberia, is dead
We are sad to learn of the death of Walenty Jabłoński, an exile in Siberia, participant of the Union of Siberian Exiles in Białystok. He was deported to a kolkhoz in Kazakhstan in 1952, where he was saved from starvation and death by Tassybaj Abdikarimow.
- The letter from Roni Reiner, daughter of the survivor rescued by Józef Pruchniewicz’s family
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The letter from Roni Reiner, daughter of the survivor rescued by Józef Pruchniewicz’s family
Moshe Kuflik was one of the Jews who survived the German occupation thanks to the aid provided by the Pruchniewicz family. Roni Reiner, the daughter of the survivor wrote a letter to the participants of the commemorative event honoring the murdered Pole.
- Exercising Modernity "We are the Future” | results of the competition
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Exercising Modernity "We are the Future” | results of the competition
The Pilecki Institute is very pleased to announce the results of our call for applications for the third edition of the Exercising Modernity Academy.
- Tools and Objectives of Genocidal Social Engineering. Man and the State in the Face of Totalitarianism | call for papers
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Tools and Objectives of Genocidal Social Engineering. Man and the State in the Face of Totalitarianism | call for papers
We would like to invite you to submit an application for the international scientific conference organized by the Pilecki Institute, which will be held as part of the "Lemkin 2018-2023" project.
- Prof. Żaryn on the “The Volunteer” and the figure of Captain Witold Pilecki who has recently become a symbol of our values
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Prof. Żaryn on the “The Volunteer” and the figure of Captain Witold Pilecki who has recently become a symbol of our values
Every nation has a right to its own uniqueness. Professor Jan Żaryn discusses the book “The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz”.
- Second Edition of the Pilecki Fellowship Program | Call for Applications
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Second Edition of the Pilecki Fellowship Program | Call for Applications
The deadline for submission of applications for the Pilecki Fellowship has been extended! Deadline for applications: October 31, 2020.