Tomasz Strzembosz

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
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

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
  1. 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. "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.
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