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Competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities, Department for the study of Nazism and German occupation during the Second World War

We invite you to participate in the competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities, Department for the study of Nazism and German occupation during the Second World War.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: International academic conference „Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground” | Deadline for submissions: April 30

The Pilecki Institute in Warsaw invites scholars to take part in the international academic conference “Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground”, to be held on 15–17 June 2026 at the Institute’s headquarters in Warsaw.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Oppositional Engagement of Women in Authoritarian and Totalitarian Systems of the 20th Century: Poland in a Comparative European Perspective (1919–1989)

We invite scholars to participate in an international academic conference devoted to various forms of activity undertaken by women who engaged in opposition and dissent under authoritarian and totalitarian rule in the 20th century.

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Behinds the scenes of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau | article

"The question is often asked how it was possible that the descendants of Heine and Goethe were able to subject other nations in the heart of Europe to such a terrible fate in the first half of the 20th century". Article by Professor Tadeusz Panecki.

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The Lemkin Laboratory – the Pilecki Institute and the Mieroszewski Centre sign cooperation agreement

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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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Competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities

Competition for the position of Adjunct in the Humanities, Department for the study of Nazism and German occupation during the Second World War at the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor.

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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