The Genesis of the Lados Operation – 1940-1942 | seminarium - Instytut Pileckiego
seminar
17.03.2021 (Wed) 12:00
The Genesis of the Lados Operation – 1940-1942 | seminarium
An examination of the background behind the Bern passport operation, looking at the wider context of Polish exile government policy as well as the possible precedents set elsewhere, including the Sugihara visas.
In addition the narrower origins will be sought in the relevant personalities involved, both within the Bern Embassy and without.
The panelist:
Roger Moorhouse (Master of Arts, Royal Historical Society - Królewskie Towarzystwo Historyczne)
Reporters:
- Monika Maniewska (Dział Archiwum Instytutu Pileckiego)
- dr Aleksandra Kmak-Pamirska
The online seminar in the form of a webinar will be held in English on zoom.us, with simultaneous translation into Polish available.
See also
- Call for Papers | Exile Governments and Political Refugees in 20th-Century Europe: Sovereignty in the Face of Totalitarianisms (Deadline: November 15)
conference
Call for Papers | Exile Governments and Political Refugees in 20th-Century Europe: Sovereignty in the Face of Totalitarianisms (Deadline: November 15)
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- Conference “Shared Experiences – Different Paths? The Turning Point of 1956 and Its Significance for the Countries and Societies of East Central Europe”
conference
Conference “Shared Experiences – Different Paths? The Turning Point of 1956 and Its Significance for the Countries and Societies of East Central Europe”
The Pilecki Institute and the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences invite you to participate in an international academic conference, Shared Experiences – Different Paths? The Turning Point of 1956 and Its Significance for the Countries and Societies of East Central Europe, which will be held on 19–21 October 2026 in Warsaw. The event is part of a series of conferences devoted to the history of transformations in East Central Europe after 1945.
- New Jork | The Augustów Roundup – the largest Soviet crime committed against Polish citizens after World War II. Workshops and Presentations
Event
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Learn the history of the Augustów Roundup, a Soviet operation carried out in July 1945 that resulted in the arrest and disappearance of hundreds of people.