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Dr. Joanna Lubecka | "A German Criminal and the Polish Court. Proceedings Before the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków"

Dr. Joanna Lubecka’s book [A German Criminal and the Polish Court. Proceedings Before the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków] was awarded the Witold Pilecki International Book Award for the “best academic historical book” of 2022.

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Andrzej Brzeziecki | "Major Żychoń’s Big Game: An Intelligence Ace Versus the Third Reich"

The book "Wielka gra majora Żychonia. As wywiadu kontra Rzesza" [Major Żychoń’s Big Game: An Intelligence Ace Versus the Third Reich] won the Witold Pilecki International Book Award for the best historical reportage of 2022.

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Tomáš Forró | Donbas: Wedding Apartment in the Hotel War

In 2022, due to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Awards Committee of the Witold Pilecki International Book Award established a special category. The award went to the book authored by Tomáš Forró.

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Virtus et Franternitas Medals presented

The third edition of the Virtus et Fraternitas Medal Gala took place on 15 June 2022. This time, at the request of the Director of the Pilecki Institute, the President of the Republic of Poland bestowed medals on a total of 23 people.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jan Maletka Deserves Commemoration. A Response to Adam Leszczyński

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Christina Lamb | „Our Bodies, Their Battlefield. What War Does to Women"

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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”.

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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.

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The centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw: "Everything at stake"

Precisely 100 years ago something most unlikely and surprising has occurred: Polish Army troops have defeated the Red Army in the outskirts of Warsaw. It was the decisive battle, the battle for everything: independence, liberty and even life.

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Pilecki Institute International Teachers and Educators Program | call for participants

The Pilecki Institute is launching a pilot edition of its International Teachers and Educators Program. It will consist of two parts: a five-day online conference (August 15–19, 2020) which will be followed by a study trip to Poland.

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Was Stalin a genocidaire?

An interview with Norman M. Naimark, the author of the "Stalin's Genocide" conducted by Eryk Habowski, an expert in international law at Pilecki Institute.

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Results of the 2020 Pilecki Fellowship Program

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An Unusual and Possibly Unique Operation | interview

Monika Maniewska, one of the co-authors of "The Ładoś List", and Professor Bob Moore talk about the activities of the Ładoś Group. Note: starting from today the English version of the publication is available for free!

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Information concerning the 4th issue of the "Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies" yearbook

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Poland was there. Fighting Nazi Germany, 1939-1945

75 years passed since the end of the war! The Polish soldiers were fighting from the very first day of the war in 1939, until its end in 1945. They contributed greatly to the Allies’ victory, by fighting in Europe, Southeast Asia, North Africa and the Midd

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Results of the call for short-term research grants

The Pilecki Institute is very pleased to announce the results of our first call for applications for the short-term research grants program.