Stanisław Jastrzębski is a Polish writer, lawyer and historian.

Early life

He was born in the village of Bubło, Rohatyn County, in

Stanisławów Voivodeship Stanisławów Voivodeship () was an administrative district of the interwar Poland (1920–1939). It was established in December 1920 with an administrative center in Stanisławów. The voivodeship had an area of 16,900 km2 and comprised twe ...

(currently

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

). Jastrzębski is a survivor of the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

massacres of Poles in Volhynia The Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (; ) were carried out in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), with the support of parts of the local Ukrainians, Ukrainian popu ...

, during which he witnessed the UPA murder of his family. Following

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

and

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

invasions of Poland, Jastrzębski was a soldier of

Armia Krajowa The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...

and member of the Polish self-defence unit in Stanisławów, where he fought against OUN- UPA pacification raids. A

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although ...

under

Stalinism Stalinism (, ) is the Totalitarianism, totalitarian means of governing and Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), 1927 to 1953 by dictator Jose ...

in the

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ...

, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

Career

For many years Jastrzębski worked as a

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, jurisprud ...

. Magazine PRZEGLĄD OLKUSKI
Warto przeczytać
November 8, 2008. Janusz Stankiewicz

2007 As of 2009, Jastrzębski resided in

Chorzów Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa ...

in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

Books

Jastrzębski's 2007 book ''Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939-1947'' () revealed the extent of atrocities committed against Polish civilians in

Kresy Eastern Borderlands (), often simply Borderlands (, ) was a historical region of the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. The term was coined during the interwar period (1918–1939). Largely agricultural and extensively multi-ethnic with ...

by bands of Ukrainian nationalists. The book made use of materials collected by the Society for the Remembrance of Victims of Genocide Committed by the Ukrainian Nationalists () and 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 ...

. Wydawnictwo Nortom Publishing, 2007
''Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939-1947''
/ref> In his 2008 book ''Samoobrona Polaków na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP w latach 1939-1946'' (), Jastrzębski conducted an in-depth study of the Polish attempts at self-defence against UPA pacification operations and gave a detailed account of the defence units' activities during Nazi German and Soviet occupation. The book was based on documents and narratives collected by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. Wydawnictwo Nortom Publishing, November 2008
''Samoobrona Polaków na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP w latach 1939-1946''
/ref>

Bibliography

* ''Oko w oko z banderowcami'' * ''Wspomnienia zza krat PRL'' * ''Moje

wczoraj i dziś'' * ''Kresy wschodnie we krwi'' * ''Martyrologia polskiej ludności w województwie lwowskim w latach 1939-1947, zbrodnie popełnione przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich'' * ''Ludobójstwo ludności polskiej przez OUN-UPA w województwie stanisławowskim w latach 1939-1946'' * ''Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939-1947'' Publisher: Nortom, 2007, , 264 pages, (soft cover) * ''Samoobrona Polaków na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP w latach 1939-1946''] Publisher: Nortom, 2008, , 244 pages (soft cover)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jastrzebski, Stanislaw Polish male writers 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people