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The Witold Pilecki International Book Award: Bilewicz, Marat and Eristavi winners of the Institute’s 5th competition for best history book

The Witold Pilecki International Book Awards were presented during a ceremony on Thursday 11 December, in the auditorium of the Pilecki Institute.

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Nominations for the Witold Pilecki International Book Award 2025 (fifth edition)

We know the authors nominated for the fifth edition of the Witold Pilecki International Book Award! Out of 60 submissions, the Awards Committee has selected 12 publications to compete in three categories.

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Conference summary “Die Haltung der deutschen Minderheiten im besetzten Europa (1939–1945). Forschungsmethoden, soziale Kontexte und Nachkriegsfolgen”

On 20–21 November 2025, an international academic conference was held in Berlin and addressed issues of the attitudes of the German population during the occupation and their postwar fate.

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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.

The commemoration of Jakub Tokarz who was murdered for helping Jews during the German occupation | CALLED BY NAME

On 28 October 2025, in Biedaczów near Leżajsk, a stone with a commemorative plaque was unveiled in honor of Jakub Tokarz – a resident of the village who paid the ultimate price for sheltering the Jewish Rimler family during the Second World War. He is the hundredth person to be honored as part of the “Called by Name” program.

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