Organisation
The Pilecki Institute was established by the Polish Parliament on 9 November 2017, [1] and following year incorporated the Witold Pilecki Center for Totalitarian Studies. [9] On 2017 the institute was given a one-time lump sum of PLN 75 million (roughly $18.7 million) by the Polish parliament, which was used to launch the institute and cover operational expenses through 2019. In 2020, the institute received a specified-user subsidy of PLN 20 million (roughly $5 million) from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Its aim is to analyse the importance for the history of the 20th century of the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes and the global consequences of their actions. [10] The Institute is supervised by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. [1]
The Institute is governed by the director – Wojciech Kozłowski. A consultative and advisory body to the Director of the Institute is the Council of Memory whose members are appointed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Amongst them are, e.g.: Grzegorz Berendt, Sławomir Dębski, Jan Ołdakowski, Albert Stankowski. The chairperson is prof. Zofia Zielińska. [11]
The Institute is divided into:
- Department of Archives
- Education Department
- Promotion and Production Team
- Personnel Department
- Research Department
- Publishing Department
- Personal Data Controller
- Accounting Department
- Competitive Tendering
- Film Projects Team
- Translation Team
- Library
- Press Office
- Administrative Department
- Berlin Branch
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