Łukasz Andrzej Kamiński (born 3 June 1973) is a Polish historian, specializing in the history of Poland after 1945, particularly the period of Soviet occupation and the

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. He is the President of the

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's Platform of European Memory and Conscience and formerly served as President of the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecutio ...

(IPN) from 2011 to 2016. Kamiński earned his doctorate in 1999, and became deputy director of the IPN Bureau of Public Education in 2006, becoming director of the Bureau of Public Education in 2009. After his predecessor

Janusz Kurtyka Janusz Marek Kurtyka (13 August 1960 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish historian, and from December 2005 until his death in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, the second president of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Kurtyka was b ...

died in the

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, Kamiński was elected by the

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as the third President of the IPN ( Franciszek Gryciuk was acting president 2010–2011). He is a founding signatory of the

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Recognitions

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

Publications

* ''Młodzież w oporze społecznym 1945–1989'', Wrocław 1996, * ''Strajki robotnicze w Polsce w latach 1945–1948'', Wrocław 1999, * ''Młodzież w oporze społecznym 1944–1989'', IPN, Warsaw 2002, * ''Biuletyny dzienne Ministerstwa Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego 1949–1950'', IPN, Warszawa 2004, * ''Polacy wobec nowej rzeczywistości 1944–1948. Formy pozainstytucjonalnego, żywiołowego oporu społecznego'', 2004, * ''Wokół praskiej wiosny. Polska i Czechosłowacja w 1968 roku'', IPN, Warsaw 2004, * ''Opór społeczny w Europie Środkowej w latach 1948–1953 na przykładzie Polski, NRD i Czechosłowacji'' (co-author), Wrocław 2004, * ''A handbook of the communist security apparatus in East Central Europe 1944–1989'' (ed.), Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw, 2005, * ''Wokół pogromu kieleckiego'' (ed.), IPN, Warsaw 2006, * ''Drogi do wolności Zagłębia Miedziowego'' (ed.), Legnica 2007,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaminski, Lukasz 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 1973 births Living people Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta University of Wrocław alumni Academic staff of the University of Wrocław People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance