Andrzej Friszke (born 29 August 1956 in Olsztyn) is a Polish historian and lecturer. He specializes in the history of communist Poland and the democratic opposition to the communist regime. Friszke graduated in 1979 from the Department of History of the University of Warsaw. Since 1980 he has worked in the

Club of Catholic Intellectuals Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej (KIK; en, Club of Catholic Intelligentsia) is a Polish organization grouping Catholic intellectuals. KIK is organized into a series of local chapters (clubs). KIK was founded after Gomułka's Thaw in communist Poland ...

in Warsaw. In 1981 he worked as a newspaper editor of the history section of the ''Solidarność'' weekly. Since 1982 he has also been an editor of the history section of ''Więź'' magazine. Since 1990 Friszke has worked at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 1995 he has lectured at the

Collegium Civitas Collegium Civitas is a private university for the social sciences located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is open to new inventions in higher education: interdisciplinary approaches, closer lecturer-student relations, study abroad programs, i ...

. In 1999 he was appointed to the Collegium of the Institute of National Remembrance and worked there until 2007. In 2006 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.Profile
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'' publishing house website In 1994 he received a doctoral degree in historical science, and in 2000 he was habilitated. On 25 September 2009 President Lech Kaczyński awarded him a professorial degree.Profile
at Nauka Polska portal

Works

* ''KOR. Ludzie-działania-idee'' (1983) * ''O kształt niepodległej'' (1989) * ''Polska Podziemna 1939–1945'' (coauthor) (1991) * ''Opozycja polityczna w PRL 1945–1980'' (Political Opposition in the PRL 1945–1980) (1994) * ''Polska Gierka'' (Gierek's Poland) (1995) * ''Oaza na Kopernika. Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej 1956–1989'' (1997) * ''Życie polityczne Emigracji'' (Political Life of the Emigration) (1999) * ''Polska. Losy państwa i narodu 1939–1989'' (Poland. The Fate of the Country and the Nation 1939–1989) (2003) * ''Solidarność podziemna 1981–1989'' (ed.) (2006) * ''Przystosowanie i opór. Studia z dziejów PRL'' (2007) * ''PRL wobec Kościoła. Akta 1970–1978'' (2010) * ''

Adam Ciołkosz Adam Ciołkosz (; January 5, 1901 – October 1, 1978) was a Polish scout, soldier, publicist and politician, who was one of the most important leaders of the Polish Socialist Party, both in the Second Polish Republic and in exile during and ...

: Portret polskiego socjalisty'' (Adam Ciołkosz: Portrait of a Polish Socialist) (2011)

References

1956 births 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers University of Warsaw alumni Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta People from Olsztyn Living people Historians of Poland Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance 20th-century Polish historians People associated with the magazine "Kultura" {{Poland-historian-stub