Piotr Setkiewicz (born 1963) is the director of Centre for Research at the

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(''Centrum Badań Państwowego Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu''); a graduate of the Faculty of History at the Jagiellonian University in

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. Setkiewicz received his

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degree in 1999 at the

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for the work entitled '' IG Farben - Werk Auschwitz 1941-1945''. He is the

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of scientific publication ''The Auschwitz Journals'' (''Zeszyty Oświęcimskie'') as the head historian at the Auschwitz Museum. Setkiewicz became research scientist at the Auschwitz Museum in 1988 upon graduation from University. He worked at the Science Department (''Dział Naukowy''), than in 20012007 was appointed Director of Archives and in 2008 Director of the Science Department since renamed as the Centre for Research (''Centrum Badań'') in 2014. Setkiewicz's own scientific work is focused on the history of prisoner labour in the Nazi German war industries during

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and the subcamps of Auschwitz concentration camp. He is the author of numerous publications on the subject.

Selected publications

* ''Z dziejów obozów IG Farben Werk Auschwitz 1941-1945'', Oświęcim 2006. . * ''Krematoria i komory gazowe Auschwitz'', Głosy Pamięci t. 6: Oświęcim 2010. . * ''Życie prywatne esesmanów w Auschwitz'', Oświęcim 2012. . * ''Auschwitz od A do Z. Ilustrowana historia obozu'', Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim 2013, .

Medals and awards

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(2004) *

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(2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Setkiewicz, Piotr 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 1963 births Historians of the Holocaust in Poland University of Silesia in Katowice alumni Living people 21st-century Polish historians