Edward Prus (born 1931 in

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(now known as

Zaliztsi Zaliztsi (; ; ), previously known as Zalozhtsi () until 1993, is a rural settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zaliztsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Hi ...

) near

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, (now in the

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, died December 31, 2007) was a controversial

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activist and

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

with fields of interest in

history of Poland The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from Lechites, medieval tribes, Christianization of Poland, Christianization and Kingdom of Poland, monarchy; through Polish Golden Age, Poland's Golden Age, Polonization, expansionism and be ...

(particularly the

Second World War 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 ...

events in the

Kresy Eastern Borderlands (), often simply Borderlands (, ) was a historical region of the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. The term was coined during the interwar period (1918–1939). Largely agricultural and extensively multi-ethnic with ...

region and contemporary Polish-Ukrainian relations) and politology. He was a professor at several minor Polish higher education institutions.

Biography

During

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 ...

, Edward Prus was a member of the Polish resistance, primarily involved in fighting the

Ukrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist partisan formation founded by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) on 14 October 1942. The UPA launched guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany, the S ...

. Later, he joined the destruction battalion (auxiliary formations of

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) se ...

) After the war he received a doctorate from the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. He would become a political activist, supporting the Polish communist government, and would hold professorship at several minor Polish higher education institutions. During the 1980s, he was an activist of the Patriotic Association Grunwald (''Zjednoczenie Patriotyczne Grunwald''). After the

fall of communism The revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world. Th ...

in Poland Prus became associated with

Radio Maryja Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary ...

nationalist Catholic faction, and similar organizations and media. Prus was also known for his anti-EU positions and he worked as an adviser of the movement ''Nie dla Unii Europejskiej'' (No to the European Union) in

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. He was equally opposed Poland's accession to

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. He has been also known for his strong criticism of Ukrainians, particularly in the view of the 20th century Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Works

Prus's works have been criticised for significant bias. Many of Prus' publications have been printed in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

by the controversial

Nortom NORTOM is a Polish publishing house, founded in 1992 in Wrocław, specialising in books on Polish history with a focus on the Kresy region of the prewar Second Polish Republic, the Polish literature and political thought, including post-communist ...

publishing house. Nortom is listed by the Roth Institute in Tel Aviv among the four Polish publishers known for their "antisemitic, Holocaust distorting or Holocaust denying books."The Steven Roth Institute for the study of Contemporary Antisemitism Racism
University of Tel Aviv. Prus's works have been classified as nonscientific.

Books

* ''Pannacjonalizm. Polityczna działalność emigracyjna byłych kolaboracjonistów z Europy wschodniej i południowo-wschodniej'', Śląski Instytut Naukowy,

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1976. * ''Z dziejów współpracy nacjonalistów ukraińskich z Niemcami w okresie II wojny światowej i okupacji'', Katowice 1985, Wyd. Akademia Ekonomiczna; * ''Herosi spod znaku tryzuba: Konowalec - Bandera - Szuchewycz'',Warszawa 1985, wyd. Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, * ''Władyka świetojurski'', Warszawa 1985, Wyd. Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, * ''Atamania UPA: tragedia kresów'', Warszawa 1988 Wyd. Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, * ''UPA - armia powstańcza czy kurenie rizunów ?'' Wrocław 1994, wyd.: "

", * ''Holocaust po banderowsku. Czy Żydzi byli w UPA'',wyd. I Wrocław 1995 , Wyd. II rozszerzone:

, Wrocław 2001, * ''Taras Czuprynka. Hetman UPA i wielki inkwizytor OUN'',

, Wrocław 1998, * ''Patriarcha galicyjski. Rzecz o arcybiskupie Andrzeju Szeptyckim metropolicie grekokatolickim'',

, Wrocław 1999 * ''Rycerze żelaznej ostrogi: oddziały wojskowe ukraińskich nacjonalistów w okresie II wojny światowej'' Wrocław 2000 , wyd. Atla2 * ''SS-Galizien. Patrioci czy zbrodniarze?'',

, Wrocław 2001, * ''Legenda Kresów .Szare Szeregi w walce z UPA'',

, Wrocław 2003, * ''Stepan Bandera 1900-1959. Symbol zbrodni i okrucieństwa'', Nortom, Wrocław 2004, * ''Operacja "Wisła"'', Nortom, Wrocław 2006, * ''Banderomachia - łże-rząd Stećki na tle rzeczywistości'', Nortom, Wrocław 2007, * ''Szatańskie igrzysko: historia Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów (OUN)'', Nortom, Wrocław 2009

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prus, Edward 1931 births 2007 deaths Polish nationalists 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish political scientists Polish resistance during World War II 20th-century political scientists