Kazimierz Piwarski
Kazimierz Piwarski (19 February 1903 – 21 July 1968) was a Polish historian, professor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków since 1946 and Poznań University in years 1953-1955, member of Polish Academy of Skills (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, PAU) since 1945, and member of Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) since 1958.[1]
He researched in the history of the Polish provinces of Pomerania, Silesia, East Prussia and also the universal history of the 18th and 20th centuries.[2] He was one of the most noteworthy Polish historians writing about history of Polish-Saxon relations in 18th century [3]
During World War II he was arrested by the Germans on 6 November 1940 in Sonderaktion Krakau, and then imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps until late 1941.[4] [5]
Kazimierz Piwarski was the director of the Western Institute (Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań in years 1956-1958.
Publications
[edit]- Dzieje Śląska w zarysie (Short History of Silesia)
- Dzieje polityczne Prus Wschodnich 1621-1772, (1938, Political history of the East Prussia 1621-1772)
- Kuria rzymska a polski ruch narowodowowyzwoleńczy 1794-1863, (1955, The Roman curia and the Polish national liberation movement 1794-1863)
- Kazimierz Piwarski (1903-1968 ) By Zbigniew Jabłoński · 1968
References
[edit]- ^ The Review of the Polish Academy of Sciences Volume 11 By Polska Akademia Nauk, page 79, 1966
- ^ https://ihpan.edu.pl/zmarli/kazimierz-piwarski-1903-1968/ Kazimierz Piwarski 1903–1968.Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
- ^ General History in Polish Historiography 1945-1974 by Władysław Czapliński, Acta Polonia Historica 32, 1975
- ^ Gwiazdomorski, Jan (in Polish). Wspomnienia z Sachsenhausen [Memoiries from Sachsenhausen]. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975. p.252
- ^ Nazi Rule in Poland, 1939-1945 By Tadeusz Cyprian, Jerzy Sawicki · 1961, page 110
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- 1903 births
- 1968 deaths
- Members of the Polish Academy of Learning
- Academic staff of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- 20th-century Polish historians
- Polish male non-fiction writers
- Academic staff of Jagiellonian University
- Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
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