In July 1941, 25 Polish academics from the city of Lwów along with their families were killed by Nazi German occupation forces. By targeting prominent citizens and intellectuals for elimination, the Nazis hoped to prevent anti-Nazi activity and to weaken the resolve of the Polish resistance movement. According to an eyewitness the executions were carried out by an Einsatzgruppe unit under the command of Karl Eberhard Schöngarth with the participation of Ukrainian translators in German uniforms.
The University of Silesia in Katowice is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.
Tadeusz Manteuffel or Tadeusz Manteuffel-Szoege (1902–1970) was a Polish historian, specializing in the medieval history of Europe.
Jan Hertrich-Woleński is a Polish philosopher specializing in the history of the Lwów–Warsaw school of logic and in analytic philosophy.
The last will and testament of the Piast duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, established rules for governance of the Polish kingdom by his four surviving sons after his death. By issuing it, Bolesław planned to guarantee that his heirs would not fight among themselves, and would preserve the unity of his lands under the Piast dynasty. However, he failed; soon after his death his sons fought each other, and Poland entered a period of fragmentation lasting about 200 years.
Idzi Jan Panic is Polish historian, professor at the University of Silesia. He is specializing in history of Cieszyn Silesia and medieval Poland.
Prof. Dr. Hab. Henryk Żaliński is a Polish historian, professor at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. He is specializing in the history of Poland in the 19th century.
The Treaty of Pyzdry (Peisern) was signed on 2 November 1390 between Jogaila, king of Poland and Wartislaw VII of Pomerania-Stolp. The treaty, signed in Pyzdry, contained an oath of vassalage of Wartislaw to Jogaila, the obligation to support the latter in the Polish-Teutonic War, and mutual trade alleviations for Pomeranian and Polish merchants. Wartislaw VII, who with his brothers was allied with the Teutonic Order before, received the Polish castellany of Nakło (Nakel) and probably some adjacent areas as a fief.
Prof. dr hab. Szymon Rudnicki is a Polish historian. He specializes in the history of the Second Polish Republic, right-wing political movements of that era, and the Polish-Jewish relations.
The Museum of the Second World War is a state cultural institution established in 2008 and a museum in Gdańsk, Poland which is devoted to the Second World War.
Jerzy Treder was a Polish philologist and linguist, focusing on Kashubian studies, among other interests. He was born in Biała Rzeka, Rumia, Poland. In 1987-1990 he was deputy director of the Institute of Polish Philology in Gdańsk University.
Józef Bachórz is a Polish philologist, professor of Gdańsk University, and an expert in Polish poetry. He was the recipient on the 2003 Johannes Hevelius Award in the humanities category, Order of Polonia Restituta in 2004, as well as a number of other awards.
Radwan (Radowan) was a bishop of Poznań.
Stanisław Herbst was a Polish historian, researcher of modern history, and military historian. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and the Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw, and was also the president of the Polish Historical Society. Pupils of his included Zdzisław Spieralski and Tomasz Strzembosz.
Karol Maleczyński was a Polish historian.
Aneta Katarzyna Stawiszyńska is a Polish historian, regionalist, doctor of humanities.
The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz is an extension of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK), aimed at training students in medical sciences.
Michał Komaszyński was a Polish historian.
Mirosław Tryczyk is a Polish philosopher, writer, reporter, and Holocaust researcher.
