Czesław Łuczak (born 19 February 1922 in

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– 10 August 2002 in

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) was a Polish

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focusing on World War II. He served as

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of the

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from 1965 to 1972; and, from 1969 to 1981 and from 1987 to 1991, as Director of the University's Institute of History. He was a member of the

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in communist Poland. Prof. dr Czesław Łuczak.
''Członkowie Honorowi Towarzystwa im. Hipolita Cegielskiego.'' Poznań. As scholar, he specialized in the modern economic history of Poland, Germany and Polish-German relations. He published over 50 books and hundreds of articles.

Selected publications

* ''"Kraj Warty" 1939-1945. Studium historyczno-gospodarcze okupacji hitlerowskiej'' (1972) * ''Polscy robotnicy przymusowi w Trzeciej Rzeszy podczas II wojny światowej'' (1974) * ''Polityka ludnościowa i ekonomiczna hitlerowskich Niemiec w okupowanej Polsce'', Wyd. Poznańskie, Poznań 1979 * ''Polityka ekonomiczna III Rzeszy w latach drugiej wojny światowej'' (1982) * ''Dzieje gospodarcze Niemiec 1871–1945'' (1984) * ''Dzieje gospodarcze Wielkopolski w okresie zaborów 1815-1918'' (1988) * ''Od Bismarcka do Hitlera : polsko-niemieckie stosunki gospodarcze'' (1988) * ''Zagłada'' (1989) * ''Dzień po dniu w okupowanym Poznaniu'' (1989) * ''Dzień po dniu w okupowanej Wielkopolsce i na Ziemi Łódzkiej (Kraj Warty)'' (1989) * ''Praca przymusowa Polaków w III Rzeszy'' (1989) * ''Polska i Polacy w drugiej wojnie światowej'' (1993) * ''Dzieje Mogilna'' (1998) * ''Historia gospodarcza Niemiec lat 1871-1990'' (2002)

Notes

References

* Antoni Czubiński, Wspomnienie pośmiertne. Czesław Łuczak (1922-2002), "Studia Historica Slavo-Germanica", t. 24 (2001-2002), s. 279-281. * Dariusz Matelski, Czesław Łuczak (1922-2002), „Ziemia Kujawska”, tom 15, 2002, s. 251-257. * Dariusz Matelski, Czesław Łuczak (1922-2002), „Poznański Rocznik Historyczno-Archiwalny”, tom VIII-IX, Poznań 2002, s. 326-332. 1922 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Recipients of the State Award Badge (Poland) Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań faculty {{Poland-historian-stub