Adam Cyra (born 1949) is a Polish historian. A specialist in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

history of

Central Europe Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern Europe, Eastern, Southern Europe, Southern, Western Europe, Western and Northern Europe, Northern Europe. Central Europe is known for its cultural diversity; however, countries in ...

, he graduated from

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

. Since 1972 he is a staff member of the

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum () is a museum on the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwitz I and the remains of the concentration and e ...

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; ; ; ) is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rivers. Oświęcim dates back to the 12th century, when it was an im ...

. His doctoral thesis at the Silesian University was on a Polish cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader Witold Pilecki. He authored several dozen books and articles, mostly on World War II history of Poland and the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

Selected works

* Adam Cyra, Raport Witolda, „ Biuletyn Towarzystwa Opieki nad Oświęcimiem” 1991 nr 12. * Adam Cyra, Sylwetki niektórych żołnierzy AK – członków obozowego i przyobozowego ruchu oporu. Uroczystość odsłonięcia i poświęcenia pamiątkowej tablicy w hołdzie żołnierzom Armii Krajowej i ludziom niosącym pomoc więźniom Oświęcimia, Katowice 1995. * Adam Cyra, Wiesław J. Wysocki, Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki, Warszawa 1997. * Adam Cyra, Ochotnik do Auschwitz. Witold Pilecki (1901-1948), Oświęcim 2000 , * Adam Cyra, Cichociemny z Babic. Major Piotr Szewczyk (1908-1988), Oświęcim 2000, Warszawa 2006, Oświęcim - Tułowice 2016. * Adam Cyra, Pozostał po nich ślad...życiorysy z cel śmierci, Oświęcim 2006. * Adam Cyra, Mieszkańcy ziemi olkuskiej w hitlerowskich więzieniach i obozach koncentracyjnych, Oświęcim – Olkusz 2005. * Adam Cyra, Spadochroniarz „Urban”. Ppor. Stefan Jasieński (1914-1945), Oświęcim 2005. * Adam Cyra, Upamiętnienie Żydów olkuskich. 65. rocznica likwidacji getta w Olkuszu – czerwiec 2007 r., Oświęcim – Olkusz 2007. ISSN 0860-4258 * Adam Cyra, Podobóz KL Auschwitz Harmęże, Oświęcim 2007. ISBN 978-83- 60367-64-3 * Adam Cyra, Banderowcy w KL Auschwitz, (in:) „Studia nad Faszyzmem i Zbrodniami Hitlerowskimi”, t. XXX, Wrocław 2008. * Adam Cyra, Żwirownia obok Theatergebäude jako miejsce zbrodni w KL Auschwitz, (w:) „Studia nad Faszyzmem i Zbrodniami Hitlerowskimi”, t. XXXIV, Wrocław 2012.

References

External links

Adam Cyra's blog
1949 births Living people 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 20th-century Polish historians {{poland-historian-stub