Kazimierz Piwarski

Kazimierz Piwarski (19 February 1903 – 21 July 1968) was a Polish historian, professor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków since 1946 and Poznań University in years 1953-1955, member of Polish Academy of Skills (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, PAU) since 1945, and member of Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) since 1958.[1]

He researched in the history of the Polish provinces of Pomerania, Silesia, East Prussia and also the universal history of the 18th and 20th centuries.[2] He was one of the most noteworthy Polish historians writing about history of Polish-Saxon relations in 18th century [3]

During World War II he was arrested by the Germans on 6 November 1940 in Sonderaktion Krakau, and then imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps until late 1941.[4] [5]

Kazimierz Piwarski was the director of the Western Institute (Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań in years 1956-1958.

Publications

• Dzieje Śląska w zarysie (Short History of Silesia)
• Dzieje polityczne Prus Wschodnich 1621-1772, (1938, Political history of the East Prussia 1621-1772)
• Kuria rzymska a polski ruch narowodowowyzwoleńczy 1794-1863, (1955, The Roman curia and the Polish national liberation movement 1794-1863)
• Kazimierz Piwarski (1903-1968 ) By Zbigniew Jabłoński · 1968

References

1. The Review of the Polish Academy of Sciences Volume 11 By Polska Akademia Nauk, page 79, 1966
2. https://ihpan.edu.pl/zmarli/kazimierz-piwarski-1903-1968/ Kazimierz Piwarski 1903–1968.Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
3. General History in Polish Historiography 1945-1974 by Władysław Czapliński, Acta Polonia Historica 32, 1975
4. Gwiazdomorski, Jan (in Polish). Wspomnienia z Sachsenhausen [Memoiries from Sachsenhausen]. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975. p.252
5. Nazi Rule in Poland, 1939-1945 By Tadeusz Cyprian, Jerzy Sawicki · 1961, page 110