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Rafał Wnuk

b. 1967

Polish historian

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Born 1967. Rafał Wnuk is a Polish historian and political scientist.

Rafał Wnuk (born 22 May 1967, in Zamość) is a Polish historian, editor of several historical periodicals, employee of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Wnuk was a student of the Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz.

Works Wnuk specializes in Polish-Ukrainian relations during World War II as well as in the history of Polish resistance (primarily of Armia Krajowa) in the former eastern Polish regions (Kresy), as well as the history of totalitarian systems.

He was the author of one of the most important books on the Polish underground in the Lublin region in 2000. Together with Sławomir Poleszak, Agnieszka Jaczyńska and Magdalena Śladecka he is the editor of "The Atlas of the Polish Independent Underground 1944-1956" (Atlas Polskiego Podziemia Niepodległościowego 1944–1956) published in 2007 by the IPN. Wnuk works at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, of which he has been the director since April 2024, and the Catholic University of Lublin.

Books Konspiracja akowska i poakowska na Zamojszczyźnie od lipca 1945 do 1956 roku , Lublin 1993; Together with Grzegorz Motyka: Pany i Rezuny. Współpraca AK-WiN i UPA 1945–1947 , Warsaw 1997; Okręg Lublin AK-DSZ-WiN 1944–1947, Warsaw 2000; One of the editors of Atlas polskiego podziemia niepodległościowego 1944–1956 , Warsaw-Lublin 2007; Za pierwszego Sowieta. Polska konspiracja na Kresach Wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej (wrzesień 1939 – czerwiec 1941) , Warsaw 2007; Together with Tomasz Strzembosz: Czerwone Bagno. Konspiracja i partyzantka antysowiecka w Augustowskiem wrzesień 1938–czerwiec 1941 , Gdańsk-Warsaw 2009. Together with Adam F. Baran, Grzegorz Motyka, Tomasz Stryjek: Wojna po wojnie. Antysowieckie podziemie w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w latach 1944-1953 , Gdańsk–Warsaw 2012; Together with Jan Szkudliński, and Robert Zapart: Tajemnice Blizny. Wywiad Armii Krajowej w walce z rakietami V-2 (, Gdańsk–Warsaw 2012; Leśni bracia. Podziemie antykomunistyczne na Litwie, Łotwie i w Estonii 1944–1956 (, Warsaw 2018.

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John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
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John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Awards
Silver Cross of Merit

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Who is Rafał Wnuk?

Polish historian

When was Rafał Wnuk born?

Rafał Wnuk was born on 22 May 1967 in Zamość.

What is Rafał Wnuk's occupation?

Rafał Wnuk is a historian and political scientist.

What nationality is Rafał Wnuk?

Rafał Wnuk is Polish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Rafał Wnuk

· Wikidata: Q7282473

· DBpedia: Rafał Wnuk

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