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Call for Papers | Embracing the New, Preserving the Old: Studying Fascism, Communism, and Totalitarianism in the 2020s (October 14-15)

We invite historians, political scientists, sociologists, scholars of culture and media, and others interested to reflect on methods, cases, and knowledge production related to the study of fascism, communism, and totalitarianism in the 2020s.

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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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24 March | National Day of Remembrance of Poles Who Saved Jews Under German Occupation

In 2018, the President of the Republic of Poland established 24 March as the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Who Saved Jews Under German Occupation. It serves as a commemoration of all Polish citizens who risked their lives to help Jews during the German occupation.

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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.

“Called by Name”. The Stawarski and Singer Families Have Been Commemorated

An official commemoration of the Stawarski and Singer families has been held in Sieniawa, in the Sub-Carpathian region. During the Second World War, Wiktoria and Mateusz Stawarski perished at the hands of the German occupiers for hiding a Jewish family. This is yet another event implemented under the Institute’s flagship program, “Called by Name”.

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Second debate in the “Berlin in Warsaw” series. Discussion on reparations and compensation [video]

“Compensation, damages, reparations: what is realistic, what is symbolic?” This was the title of the second debate in the “Berlin in Warsaw” series. Experts on Polish-German relations presented different perspectives on the difficult relationship between the two nations.

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Announcement | Competition for a research scholarship titled “The Provenance of Cultural Property Lost During the Nazi Occupation of Poland”

Announcement of a competition for scholarships at the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor, branch office in Berlin.

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Pilecki in NYC. The debate “Lessons from Nuremberg for the 21st Century”

The debate “Lessons from Nuremberg for the 21st Century” focused on the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials and their real impact on the development of contemporary international law and the methods of prosecuting war criminals.

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Germany on Poland: Images, Memory and “Blind Spots” | Event video recording

“What is one ‘missing frame’ in the German imagination of Poland?” Dr. Aleksandra Burdziej asked the German guests in the opening question of the discussion launching the “Berlin in Warsaw” series.

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The Pilecki Institute has inaugurated its activities in New York

As an institution dedicated to researching the two totalitarian systems of the 20th century, the Pilecki Institute has the privilege of representing a historical experience that American society has never directly undergone.

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Inauguration of the Pilecki Institute in New York | A transatlantic bridge for values that are dear to us all

This coming weekend, the Pilecki Institute will inaugurate its activities in New York.

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"Germans Appropriate the Polish Experience of Victimhood. Colonial patterns of thinking emerge in the debate on collaboration" by Hanna Radziejowska and Mateusz Fałkowski

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 11, 2026. Article translated from German into English.

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Research paper of an employee of the Pilecki Institute in a Q1-indexed journal

Dr. Tomasz Chinciński published an article in the Q1 journal Cogent Arts & Humanities on the attitudes of the German population in Poland incorporated into the Third Reich.

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CALL FOR PAPERS | 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.

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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.

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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