The 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