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Vol. 6 (2022)
2025-09-23A bilingual interdisciplinary yearbook serving as an international forum for the exchange of thought, the presentation of results of monographic research and synthetic writings, and for a methodological reflection. The yearbook is devoted to studies into the 20th century, with a particular focus on various aspects of totalitarianism.
The issues that come to the fore in the recent volume are the economic history of Poland during the period of German Nazi totalitarian rule, Soviet totalitarianism, and the subsequent decades of the Moscow-backed
Communist dictatorship; the post-war settlement of crimes and the quest for justice; and the system of Hitlerite repression. The above issues often intermingle to create a mosaic of the processes that shaped the political history of East-Central Europe in the 20th century. It was, therefore, the aim of the editorial board to present these problems in a broad transnational perspective which clearly demonstrates that local histories and the fates of
individuals were always dependent on external political circumstances.
Scientific council
prof. Grzegorz Berendt
prof. Paweł Kaczorowski
prof. Marek Kornat
prof. Piotr Madajczyk
prof. Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
prof. Tadeusz Panecki
prof. Alexandra Richie
prof. Paweł Skibiński
prof. Aleks SzczerbiakEditor-in-chief
dr Wojciech KozłowskiEditorial board
prof. dr hab. Witold Stankowski, prof. SGH dr hab. Andrzej Zawistowski, dr John Cornell, dr Jerzy Rohoziński, dr Justyna Stępień, dr Dominika Uczkiewicz, dr Mateusz Werner, dr Krystian Wiciarz, dr Agnieszka Konik (Assistant to the Editorial Board), Joanna Adamczyk (Managing Editor)Reviewers
dr Aleksandra Arkusz, prof. UwB dr hab. Daniel Boćkowski, dr Anna Grużlewska, dr hab. Edyta Majcher-Ociesa, prof. UJ dr hab. Janusz Mierzwa, dr Marcin Przegiętka, dr Michał Przeperski, dr hab. Marek Romaniuk, dr Bogumił Rudawski, prof. dr hab. Józef Smoliński, dr Aleksandra Sylburska, prof. UJ dr hab. Andrzej Synowiec, prof. UP dr hab. Anna ZapalecTranslators
Aleksandra Arumińska, Julia Niedzielko, Ian Stephenson, Maciej Zakrzewski
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Vol. 7 (2023)
2025-09-21A bilingual interdisciplinary yearbook serving as an international forum for the exchange of thought, the presentation of results of monographic research and synthetic writings, and for a methodological reflection. The yearbook is devoted to studies into the 20th century, with a particular focus on various aspects of totalitarianism.
Scientific Council
prof. Grzegorz Berendt, Uniwersytet Gdański
prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, University College London
prof. Paweł Kaczorowski, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
prof. Marek Kornat, Instytut Historii Pan
prof. Mark Kramer, Harvard University
prof. Piotr Madajczyk, Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
prof. Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka, Uniwersytet Śląski
prof. Dan Plesch, SOAS University of London
prof. Alexandra Richie, Collegium Civitas
prof. Paweł Skibiński, Uniwersytet Warszawski
prof. Aleks Szczerbiak, University of Sussex
Editor-In-Chief
prof. Magdalena Gawin
Vice-Editors-In-Chief
dr Bartłomiej Kapica, dr Krystian Wiciarz
Members of the Editorial Board
prof. dr hab. Witold Stankowski, prof. SGH dr hab. Andrzej Zawistowski, prof. IP dr hab. Tomasz Chinciński, dr John Cornell, dr Jerzy Rohoziński, dr Dominika Uczkiewicz, dr Mateusz Werner, dr Agnieszka Konik (Assistant to the Editorial Board), Joanna Adamczyk (Managing Editor), Urszula Turbiak
Reviewers
dr Sebastian Adamkiewicz, prof. UZ dr hab. Radosław Domke, dr Filip Gańczak, dr Bartosz Gromko, prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Jastrzębski, dr Tomasz Lachowski, dr Joanna Kurczab, prof. dr hab. Piotr Niwiński, dr hab. Mariusz Mazur, dr Dmitriy Panto, dr hab. Marek Romaniuk, dr Bogumił Rudawski, prof. dr hab. Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz, prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Wolsza, prof. UwB dr hab. Jaroslav Volkonovski
Translators
Aleksandra Arumińska, Ian Stephenson, Maciej Zakrzewski
Editing & Proofreading
Joanna Adamczyk, Aleksandra Arumińska, Ingeborga Jaworska-Róg, Julia Niedzielko
Graphic Design & Cover Design
Beata Danowska
Typesetting and Page Makeup
Zofia Herbich
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Vol. 5 (2021)
2025-09-23A bilingual interdisciplinary yearbook serving as an international forum for the exchange of thought, the presentation of results of monographic research and synthetic writings, and for a methodological reflection. The yearbook is devoted to studies into the 20th century, with a particular focus on various aspects of totalitarianism.
The recent volume is devoted to issues related to the initial years of the Second World War – a period during which the totalitarian systems of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union claimed to themselves the right to annihilate the existing socio-political structure and build a "new order" on its ruins. The topical scope of the volume is fairly broad, as it encompasses events from several European countries and from outside the continent.
Scientific council
prof. Grzegorz Berendt
prof. Paweł Kaczorowski
prof. Marek Kornat
prof. Stephan Lehnstaedt
prof. Piotr Madajczyk
prof. Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
prof. Tadeusz Panecki
dr hab. Paweł Skibiński
prof. Aleks SzczerbiakEditor-in-chief
dr Wojciech KozłowskiEditorial board
Mateusz Fałkowski, dr. Marcin Panecki, dr. Jerzy Rohoziński, dr. Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, prof. Witold Stankowski, dr. Justyna Stępień, dr. Mateusz Werner, dr. Krystian Wiciarz, dr. Mariola Serafin (Assistant to the Editorial Board), Joanna Adamczyk (Managing Editor)Reviewers
dr Olga Barbasiewicz, dr hab. Grzegorz Bębnik, dr hab. Tomasz Gajownik, dr Magdalena Heruday-Kiełczewska, dr Hubert Mielnik, prof. KULs. dr hab. Agata Mirek, dr hab. Małgorzata Mizerska-Wrotkowska, dr Joanna Nikel, dr Monika Polit, dr hab. Marek Romaniuk, dr Bogumił Rudawski, dr hab. Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski, prof. dr hab. Jan Henryk Sienkiewicz, prof. dr hab. Józef Smoliński, prof. UJ dr hab. Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas, prof. dr hab. Jakub Tyszkiewicz, dr hab. Elżbieta Wojcieszyk, prof. dr hab. Jakub Wojtkowiak, dr Maciej Wyrwa, prof. dr hab. Wiesław Jan Wysocki, prof. UKSW ks. dr hab. Dominik ZamiatałaTranslators
Aleksandra Arumińska, Maciej Grabski, Łukasz Plęs, Ian Stephenson
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Vol. 4 (2020)
2025-09-21The subject matter of the present batch of articles is focused along a number of topical axes. As regards the period immediately preceding the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, Wojciech Łysek discusses the question of the Polish Promethean struggle in the east of Europe in correlation with the fall of the Second Polish Republic. The next author, Marek Rodzik, presents the genesis of the British guarantees for Poland of March 1939, opining that the main reason for their granting was Adolf Hitler’s violation of the Munich Agreement. British-Polish co-operation – despite the non-provision of any tangible assistance to Poland once it was attacked by Germany – was continued in successive years, also in the field of special operations, and this has been described in detail by Anna Zapalec and Jacek Preface 307 Preface Tebinka. The aggression of the Third Reich against Poland was characterized by exceptional brutality, while the crimes committed by the Germans clearly showed that territorial conquest was not their primary objective, as Roger Moorhouse convincingly argues. Tomasz Ceran has conducted an analysis of one such crime, duly placing it in the context of genocide, while Mikołaj Getka-Kenig reconstructs the process of destruction of the historical architecture of Kraków under the German occupation. Our next author, Marcin Marcinko, explains that the “voluntarism” which characterized the crimes and atrocities of the occupier did not fit into international legal standards, while Stephan Lehnstaedt outlines the problem of the German historical memory of crimes committed during the invasion of Poland. When discussing the multifarious aspects of the effects of war, we cannot forget the military defeat of the Polish Army, which necessitated its reconstruction abroad. The fates of Polish soldiers were varied. Some even found themselves in South Africa, and Paulina Stanik describes how this distant country was perceived by contemporary Poles. Obviously, the Second World War was a total conflict that left hardly any geographical area unscathed. Tunisia was no exception; initially taken over by the Vichy régime, which actively collaborated with the Third Reich, it was subsequently occupied by German and Italian forces. Mohsen Hamli analyzes how the country’s Jewish newspapers viewed the anti-Semitism propagated by the Third Reich and its allies, and how this ideology impacted the situation of Jews in Tunisia itself, whereas Habiba Boumlik touches upon the memory of anti-Jewish repressions in Tunisia. The next author, Ákos Bartha, has elaborated a broad presentation of anti-Nazi policy in Hungary – a country that was officially an ally of the Third Reich. The final research article, written by Maciej Zakrzewski, concerns the discussions which took place in the Weimar Republic on the issue of coupling technological advances with the masses. The yearbook is rounded off with Agnieszka Konik’s miscellany text, which constitutes a summary of the research project conducted by the Institute. Using the context of post-memory, she discusses the data provided in questionnaires completed by members of the families of persons commemorated under the “Called by Name” project.
Scientific council
Grzegorz Berendt
Paweł Kaczorowski
Marek Kornat
Hanna Kuczyńska
Stephan Lehnstaedt
Piotr Madajczyk
Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
Tadeusz Panecki
Alexandra Richie
Paweł Skibiński
Editor-in-chief
Wojciech Kozłowski
Editorial board
Mateusz Fałkowski, Marcin Panecki, Jerzy Rohoziński, Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Witold Stankowski, Bartłomiej Kapica, Joanna Adamczyk
Reviewers
dr hab. Grzegorz Bębnik, dr John Cornell, prof. UAM dr hab. Łukasz Donaj, prof. UŁ dr hab. Andrzej Dubicki, dr hab. Tomasz Gajownik, dr Maciej Herbut, dr Aleksandra Kmak-Pamirska, dr Hubert Mielnik, dr Joanna Nikel, prof. UAM dr hab. Piotr Okulewicz, dr Monika Polit, dr Michał Przeperski, prof. dr hab. Waldemar Rezmer, dr Konrad Rokicki, prof. dr hab. Krystyna Romaniszyn, dr hab. Marek Romaniuk, dr Bogumił Rudawski, dr hab. Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski, prof. dr hab. Jan Henryk Sienkiewicz, prof. dr hab. Józef Smoliński, prof. UJ Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas, dr Piotr Stanek, prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Tarka, prof. dr hab. Jakub Tyszkiewicz, dr hab. Jakub Wojtkowiak, prof. dr hab. Wiesław Jan Wysocki, prof. dr hab. Janusz Zuziak
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Vol. 3 (2019)
2025-09-21Studying totalitarianism requires the examination of the extermination of Jews, and although this subjects has enjoyed much academic attention in recent years, there are many issues which still require a deeper analysis and which we strive to present in this yearbook. The present volume also makes reference to the “Jews in the General Government in the years 1939–1945” and “German terror in the northern communes of the General Government in the years 1939–1945” projects undertaken by the Center for Totalitarian Studies. This volume includes articles mainly concerning Nazi German policies with regard to Jews in occupied Poland and the territories incorporated into the Third Reich, Jewish-Polish relations, the survival strategies (self-defence) of Jews, and the consequences of the Holocaust.
Scientific council
Grzegorz Berendt
Paweł Kaczorowski
Marek Kornat
Hanna Kuczyńska
Stephan Lehnstaedt
Piotr Madajczyk
Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
Tadeusz Panecki
Alexandra Richie
Paweł Skibiński
Editor-in-chief
dr Wojciech Kozłowski
Editorial board
Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Mateusz Fałkowski, Marcin Panecki, Jerzy Rohoziński, Witold Stankowski, Monika Giemeła (Assistant to the Editorial Board), Joanna Adamczyk (Managing Editor)
Reviewers
Olga Barbasiewicz, Adrianna Bartnik, Grzegorz Bębnik, Zbigniew Romek, Tadeusz Rutkowski, Paweł Skibiński, Jakub Tyszkiewicz, Joshua Zimmerman
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Vol. 2 (2018)
2025-09-21This tome is dedicated to the policies followed by Nazi Germany and its allies against the elites of the occupied states. Among others, it deals with the repressions against the professors of the University of Belgrade, the fates of the Polish clergy incarcerated at KL Gusen, and the extermination of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.
Scientific council
Grzegorz Berendt
Paweł Kaczorowski
Marek Kornat
Hanna Kuczyńska
Stephan Lehnstaedt
Piotr Madajczyk
Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
Tadeusz Panecki
Alexandra Richie
Paweł Skibiński
Editor-in-chief
dr Wojciech Kozłowski
Editorial board
Piotr Biliński, Mateusz Fałkowski, Marcin Panecki, Jerzy Rohoziński, Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Monika Giemeła (Assistant to the Editorial Board), Joanna Adamczyk (Managing Editor)
Reviewers
Olga Barbasiewicz, Adrianna Bartnik, Grzegorz Bębnik, Sabina Bober, Zbigniew Romek, Tadeusz Rutkowski, Jakub Tyszkiewicz, Joshua Zimmerman
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Vol. 1 (2017)
2025-09-21The first volume of the yearbook touches upon the fundamental issues of research and historiography which come within the focus of the Pilecki Institute. These include the very specific nature of the Polish confrontation with totalitarian regimes, and the key challenges faced by World War II research and the conflict’s present-day relevance.
Scientific council
Grzegorz Berendt
Paweł Kaczorowski
Marek Kornat
Hanna Kuczyńska
Stephan Lehnstaedt
Piotr Madajczyk
Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
Tadeusz Panecki
Alexandra Richie
Paweł Skibiński
Editor-in-chief
dr Wojciech Kozłowski
Editorial board
Piotr Biliński, Mateusz Fałkowski, Marcin Panecki, Jerzy Rohoziński, Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Monika Giemeła (Assistant to the Editorial Board)
Reviewers
Grzegorz Bębnik, Mateusz Fałkowski, Hanna Kuczyńska, Stephan Lehnstaedt, Marcin Panecki, Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Paweł Skibiński
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