Wojciech Jerzy Muszyński (born 1972) is a Polish historian. His areas of interest are the recent history of Poland and military history.

Education and career

In 1998, after graduating from the Department of History at the

Warsaw University The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

, Muszyński began his career as an independent scholar. During this time, he was affiliated with the Republicans and took a lead role in re-establishing the whose alumni staffed the offices of President Lech Kaczyński and Andrzej Duda from the Law and Justice Party. Muszyński received his doctoral degree in 2010 at the

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW) (Latin: ''Universitas Cardinalis Stephani Wyszyński Varsoviae'') is a Polish state university created on the basis of the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw. UKSW is a public university t ...

under the supervision of Jan Żaryn. Whilst pursuing his doctorate, both he and Żaryn joined the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ( pl, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state resea ...

. Muszyński has been affiliated to the institute ever since, and as of 2022 holds the rank of a "Senior Specialist".

Works

In 2003, Muszyński established the '' Glaukopis'', a far-right-wing Polish journal on history; among its aims were to reject "political correctness" on controversial topics and present "truthful research" on Polish-Jewish relations. He remained the Editor-in-Chief until 2019.

Views

Some of the Polish media have described him as controversial due to his association with Polish nationalist groups such as the

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association, and his research on controversial historical figures such as

Romuald Rajs Romuald Rajs, '' nom de guerre'' "Bury" (30 November 1913 – 30 December 1949), was a Polish soldier, a member of Home Army (AK) and National Military Union (NZW), an anti-communist insurgent and a war criminal. In 1946 the unit under his com ...

. In 2016, Kukiz'15 nominated Muszyński to the Collegium of the Institute of National Remembrance; during his candidacy, he posted an image of

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hanging from a noose on social media alongside a racist video about immigrants. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated; he was threatened with termination but eventually let off with a warning.https://wyborcza.pl/1,75398,20287365,narodowiec-od-kukiza-kandydatem-do-kolegium-ipn-pracuje-w-ipn.html Nationalist from Kukiz is a candidate for the College of the Institute of National Remembrance. He works at the Institute of National Remembrance, distributes drawings with Obama on a noose,

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, June 23rd, 2016 In 2019, Muszyński suggested that members of the left-wing

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party should be thrown from helicopters as was done to leftists in Chile by the

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. Covering the incident,

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noted that Muszyński had a long record of indulging in ultra-nationalist politics and whitewashing dictators.

Honors

He was awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit in 2016, the

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (''Krzyż Wolności i Solidarności'') was established on 5 August 2010, to honor members of the democratic opposition in Poland who between the years 1956 and 1989 were killed, seriously wounded or injured, arr ...

in 2019 and Gold Medal of Merit for Polish Science in 2023.

Selected bibliography

Books

* ''Bolesław Piasecki 1915-1944. Początki Drogi'' (2023) * ''Toreadorzy Hitlera. Hiszpańscy ochotnicy w Wehrmachcie i Waffen-SS 1941-1945'' (2019) * ''Białe Legiony przeciwko bolszewikom. Polskiej formacje wojskowe w Rosji 1918-1920'' (2019) * ''Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki 1867-1937,'' coauthored with Rafał Sierchuła (2018) * ''Architekt Wielkiej Polski. Roman Dmowski 1864-1939,'' coauthored with Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska (2018) * ''Białe Legiony 1914-1918. Od Legionu Puławskiego do I Korpusu Polskiego'' (2018) * ''Przeciwko Pax Sovietica. Narodowe Zjednoczenie Wojskowe i struktury polityczne ruchu narodowego wobec reżimu komunistycznego 1944-1956,'' coauthored with M. Bechta (2017) * ''Józef Haller 1873-1960'', współaut. K. Kaczmarski i R. Sierchuła (2017) * ''Polska dla Polaków! Kim byli i są polscy narodowcy,''coauthored with M. J. Chodakiewicz and Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska (2015) * ''Golden Harvest or Hearts of Gold. Studies on the Fate of Wartime Poles and Jews,'' coedition with Marek J. Chodakiewicz and Pawel Styrna (2012) * ''Duch młodych. Organizacja Polska i Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny w latach 1934-1944'' (2011) * ''Błękitna dywizja. Ochotnicy hiszpańscy na froncie wschodnim 1941-1945'' (2002) * ''W walce o Wielką Polskę. Propaganda zaplecza politycznego Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych 1939-1945'' (2000)

References

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