We invite you to a debate organised by The Pilecki Institute dedicated to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and its global influence! The guests are Prof. Frederick Corney from The College of William & Mary in Virginia, who specializes in the history of Russia, specifically in the revolutionary period through the 1920s, and Dr. Bartłomiej…
The conference “Stalin and his neighbours 1939–1945” aims to analyze the previous interpretations of the goals of the Soviet policy towards Poland and other countries in the region during the Second World War, as well as to identify research gaps. The immediate cause for the organization of this meeting is the 80th anniversary of General…
Was the year 1956 a turning point in the Cold War? What events during the 1956 had an impact on course of the world history? Is the de-stalinization in the USRR and the Soviet ruled countries all about Krushchev and his secret speech during the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?…
In 1940, Witold Pilecki, a Polish Army officer and member of the Polish underground resistance, volunteered to be captured by the Gestapo. There were rumours that Auschwitz was a place of shocking brutality, but the Polish underground leadership needed someone on the ground to find out the real extent of the horrors taking place. Leaving…
