Józef Lewandowski (1923 in Konin – 17 November 2007 in

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) was a

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-born

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historian. In his youth he fought in World War II. After the war he studied at Warsaw University, with his doctoral thesis completed in 1961. He specialised in East-European history and national issues. In 1969 he arrived as a political refugee to

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and was associated with Uppsala University, where he worked until his retirement in 1988. He has published a large amount of scientific writings, among which several books.

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, who wrote the foreword to his last book ''Knutpunkt Stockholm'' ("Junction Stockholm"), was one of Józef Lewandowski's students in Uppsala. Józef Lewandowski died on 17 November 2007 in

Selected bibliography

*''Federalizm. Litwa i Białoruś w polityce obozu belwederskiego...'', PWN, Warszawa 1962. *''Imperializm słabości. Kształtowanie się koncepcji polityki wschodniej piłsudczyków 1921-1926.'', PWN, Warszawa 1967. *"Swedish Contribution to the Polish Resistance Movement during World War Two, 1939-1942", ''Acta Slavica'', Uppsala 1976. *''”Cztery dni w Atlantydzie”'' ("Four days in Atlantis"), Ex Libris, Uppsala, 1991. *''”Szkło bolesne, obraz dni... : eseje nieprzedawnione”'', Ex Libris, Uppsala 1991. () *''”Węzeł stockholmski : szwedzkie koneksje polskiego podziemia IX 1939-VII 1942”'', Skrifter Utgivna av Seminariet i Polens Kultur och Historia vid Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala 1999. () *''Knutpunkt Stockholm: den polska motståndsrörelsens svenska förbindelser från september 1939 till juli 1942'' ("Junction Stockholm: the Polish resistance movement's Swedish connections from September 1939 to July 1942"), Atlantis, Stockholm 2006. ()

References

Web sources

The Józef Lewandowski web site (www.jozeflewandowski.s

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewandowski, Jozef 1923 births 2007 deaths People from Konin People from Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 20th-century Swedish historians Academic staff of Uppsala University Polish emigrants to Sweden People associated with the magazine "Kultura"