Tomasz Strzembosz (11 September 1930 – 16 October 2004) was a Polish historian and writer who specialized in the World War II history of Poland. He was a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, in Warsaw; and, from 1991, at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Strzembosz was a resident of Warsaw, Poland.[1]
Tomasz Strzembosz | |
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| Born | September 11, 1930 Warsaw |
| Died | October 16, 2004 (aged 74) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Language | Polish |
| Alma mater | Warsaw University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | World War II history |
| Notable works | Rzeczpospolita podziemna |
| Notable awards | Custodian of National Memory Prize |
Postwar career
After World War II, Tomasz Strzembosz was persecuted by the Polish People's Republic government's Urząd Bezpieczeństwa (Security Office). In the mid-1950s, Stalinist Poland he was prevented from obtaining a master's degree and was repeatedly laid off from work.
Strzembosz was one of the few Polish People's Republic historians who refused to write Soviet-inspired falsehoods about Poland's history. His main areas of research included the history of the World War II Polish Underground State, with special emphasis on German-occupied Warsaw; the Polish partisan movement in the Kresy macroregion between 1939 and 1941, following the Soviet invasion of Poland; and the 1944–46 anti-communist resistance in Poland.[2]
In the 1980s, Strzembosz was an activist in the anti-communist Solidarity movement. In 1989–93, he was president of the Polish Scouting Association (photo).
Strzembosz authored a dozen books and over 100 scholarly papers. He also edited or reviewed over a dozen works by other authors. In 2002, he received Poland's Custodian of National Memory Prize.[2]
Family
Tomasz Strzembosz was one of a set of triplets, with Roman-Catholic activist Teresa and law-professor-judge Adam Strzembosz, who served as chief justice of Poland's Supreme Court. Tomasz married Maria (Maryla) Dawidowska, sister of anti-Nazi underground scouting hero Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski.
Bibliography
Books
- Tumult warszawski 1525 r., PWN, Warszawa 1959
- Odbijanie i uwalnianie więźniów w Warszawie 1939-1944, PWN, Warsaw 1972
- Ludność cywilna w powstaniu warszawskim 1944, et al. Vol. 1, PIW, Warsaw 1974 (Academy of Sciences Award)
- Akcje zbrojne podziemnej Warszawy 1939-1945, PIW, Warsaw 1978, reprinted: PWN 1983
- Oddziały szturmowe konspiracyjnej Warszawy 1939-1945, PWN, 1979, ISBN 83-01-00085-6
- Szare Szeregi jako organizacja wychowawcza, IWZZ, Warsaw 1984
- Refleksje o Polsce i podziemiu 1939-1945, Spotkania, Lublin 1986, reprinted 1990
- Bohaterowie "Kamieni na szaniec" w świetle dokumentów, PWN, Warsaw 1994
- Saga o "Łupaszce" ppłk. Jerzym Dąbrowskim 1889-1941, Rytm, Warsaw 1996
- Rzeczpospolita podziemna (1939 - 1945), Krupski i Spółka, Warsaw 2000
- W stronę zachodzącego słońca, RYTM, Warsaw 2003
- Antysowiecka partyzantka i konspiracja nad Biebrzą X 1939 - VI 1941, 2004.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Wasilewski, Jan Krzysztof (29 June 2008). "Tomasz Strzembosz (1930-2004) - publikacje i bibliografia" [Tomasz Strzembosz (1930-2004) - publications and bibliography] (in Polish). John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Uroczystość wręczenia Nagrody im. Grzegorza Jakubowskiego" [Award Ceremony of the Grzegorz Jakubowki Prize]. Nagroda Kustosz Pamięci Narodowej [Custodian of National Memory] (in Polish). Institute of National Remembrance. 12 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011.