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Tomasz Strzembosz
Born(1930-09-11)September 11, 1930
Warsaw
DiedOctober 16, 2004(2004-10-16) (aged 74)
Warsaw, Poland
OccupationHistorian
LanguagePolish
Alma materWarsaw University
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectWorld War II history
Notable worksRzeczpospolita podziemna
Notable awardsCustodian of National Memory Prize

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]

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 [pl] 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.