Prof. Dr. hab. Andrzej Gąsiorowski (born in 1950) is a research scientist at the

Stutthof concentration camp Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German- ...

Museum in

Sztutowo Sztutowo (; formerly german: Stutthof) is a village in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, within the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is located about 38 km (24 mi) east of Gdańsk on the northeastern edge of the Vistula Delta, a ...

, Professor in the Institute of Politology, Faculty of Social Sciences of the

Gdańsk University Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

, awarded the title of '' profesor zwyczajny'' by the President of Poland

Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercis ...

. He served as President of the Regional Commission of the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ( pl, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state resea ...

(IPN) in Gdańsk and, at present, is the President of the Scientific Advisory to ''Instytut Bałtycki''. Gąsiorowski specializes in World War II history of Poland, with focus on the anti-Nazi resistance in

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

. He is the author of books and monographs on this subject including genocidal operations against

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in C ...

by Nazi Germany such as the ''

Intelligenzaktion The ''Intelligenzaktion'' (), or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the ...

'' and the massacres in Piaśnica.Elżbieta Grot
Ludobójstwo w Piaśnicy z uwzględnieniem losów mieszkańców powiatu wejherowskiego
(Genocide in Piaśnica with a discussion of the fate of the inhabitants of Wejherowo county"), Public Library of Wejherowo.

Life

Gąsiorowski was born in Subkowy in northern Poland. He graduated at the Department of History of the Gdańsk University Faculty of Humanism, and received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

in 1979. He habilitated in 2000 at the Faculty of Historical Sciences of the

Nicolaus Copernicus University Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to: In science: * Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar syst ...

Toruń )'' , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = POL Toruń flag.svg , image_shield = POL Toruń COA.svg , nickname = City of Angels, Gingerbread city, Copernicus Town , pushpin_map = Kuyavian-Pom ...

. He is a member of the ''Komitet Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa'' in Gdańsk. Gąsiorowski is the author and co-author of books devoted to

Gdańsk Pomerania Gdańsk Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze Gdańskie), csb, Gduńsczim Pòmòrzã, german: Danziger Pommern) is a geographical region within Pomerelia in northern and northwestern Poland, covering the bulk of Pomeranian Voivodeship. It forms a part and ...

, notably to the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association

Szare Szeregi "Gray Ranks" ( pl, Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (') during World War II. The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation i ...

, and Polish underground Navy in 1939-1945.

Works

* ''Pomorze Gdańskie w świetle wydawnictw konspiracyjnych 1939-1945'', * ''Szare Szeregi na Pomorzu w latach 1939-1945'', , published in 1998 * ''Polska Armia Powstania. Największa tajemnica konspiracji pomorskiej'', , published in 1997 * ''Wydział Marynarki Wojennej Komendy Głównej AK kryptonim "Alfa"'', , published in 2001

Notes and references

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasiorowski, Andrzej 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of the University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk alumni Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni 21st-century Polish historians People from Tczew County 1950 births Living people