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- ↑ Kultura polska: Nagroda KLIO 2004 at Culture.pl, 25 November 2004.
- 1 2 Szymon Rudnicki laureatem nagrody im. Jana Karskiego i Poli Nireńskiej at onet.pl, 5 November 2008.
