Tomasz Strzembosz

Tomasz Strzembosz (11 September 1930 – 16 October 2004) was a Polish historian and writer who specialized in the history of Poland during World War II. He was a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute of Political Studies in Warsaw; and, at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (from 1991). Strzembosz was a resident of Warsaw, Poland.

In the 1980s, Tomasz Strzembosz became an activist in the Solidarity anti-communist movement. In 1989–93 he was president of the Polish Scouting Association. His brother, Adam Strzembosz, was a former chief justice of Poland's Supreme Court.

In addition to numerous books, Tomasz Strzembosz authored over 100 scholarly publications. On top of that, he served as editor and reviewer of over a dozen works by other authors.

In 2002 Tomasz Strzembosz became the laureate of Poland's "Custodian of National Memory" Prize.[1]

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  1. See the Polish Wikipedia article, "Kustosz Pamięci Narodowej."


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