Janusz Kurtyka
Dr Janusz Kurtyka | |
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President of the Institute of National Remembrance | |
In office 2005 – 10 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Leon Kieres |
Succeeded by | Łukasz Kamiński |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 August 1960 |
Died | 10 April 2010 | (aged 49)
Profession | Historian |
Janusz Marek Kurtyka (13 August 1960 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish
Kurtyka was born in Kraków and obtained his degree in the History and Philosophy Department of the Jagiellonian University. He had been a historian at the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1985 where he specialized in Polish medieval and communist era history, modern history and historical methodology. He finished his PhD in 1995 and was habilitated in 2000. He was a contributor to Wielka Encyklopedia PWN and Polski Słownik Biograficzny (Polish Biographical Dictionary) and the author of more than 140 academic publications.
In the
After the Institute of National Remembrance (a Polish government-affiliated research institute which investigates both Nazi and Communist crimes committed in Poland) was created in 1998, Kurtyka was the first president of its Kraków branch. In April 2005 he was recommended by the Board of the Institute for the position of the president and was approved by the Polish
In 2007, Kurtyka was awarded the Ukrainian
Kurtyka was on the Tupolev Tu-154 flight of the
Days before he died he called for "the results of the Russian investigation into Katyn massacre to be declassified and for the Russian archives to be opened".[2] The post which was left open by his death was considered particularly problematic due to the difficulty there would be in replacing him.[3]
After a mass in the
Selected publications
- Generał Leopold Okulicki "Niedźwiadek" (1898–1946), (General Leopold Okulicki, "Niedźwiadek" (1898–1946)), 1989
- Konspiracja i opór społeczny na Podkarpaciu w okresie PRL (red.), (Conspiracy and Social Resistance in Subcarpathia During the PRL (ed.)), 2007
- Latyfundium Tęczyńskie. Dobra i właściciele (XIV–XVII wiek), (The Latifundia of the Tęczyński Family. Estate and Owners (14th through 17th centuries)), 1999
- Odrodzone królestwo. Monarchia Władysława Łokietka i Kazimierza Wielkiego w świetle nowszych badań, (Kingdom Reborn. The Monarchy of Kazimierz Wielkiin Light of New Research), 2001
- Tęczyńscy. Studium z dziejów polskiej elity możnowładczej w średniowieczu, (The Tęczyński Family. A Study from the History of a Polish Medieval Magnates), 1997
- "Freedom And Independence - Zrzeszenie "Wolność i Niezawisłość, WiN", A Historical Brief
References
- ^ Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Poland and Russia remember Katyn massacre. thenews.pl. 07.04.2010 08:51
- ^ Poland returns to work in shock and sorrow. The Times. Roger Boyes, Warsaw.