A 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 Szczerbiak

Editor-in-chief
dr Wojciech Kozłowski

Editorial 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 Zamiatała

Translators
Aleksandra Arumińska, Maciej Grabski, Łukasz Plęs, Ian Stephenson