Rafał Wnuk Prof. PhD, Hab.

Acting Director

Historian, professor of humanities affiliated with the Catholic University of Lublin. He is the author of approximately 100 scientific articles on the history of the Second World War, post-war anti-communist conspiracy in Central and Eastern Europe, cultural memory and topics related to commemoration and museums.

 

From 2002 to 2010, he was editor-in-chief of the Institute of National Remembrance’s biyearly journal Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość (Remembrance and Justice), and between 2001 and 2007, he led the team preparing a publication on the Polish independence underground in 1944–1956 Atlas polskiego podziemia niepodległościowego 1944–1956.

 

From 2008 to 2017, he was the Main Specialist at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, and from 2013 to 2017, the Head of Research Department. He co-authored the script of the main exhibition and much of its content.

 

In recent years, he has been involved in promotion and outreach, and journalistic activities on the history portals and channels of ohistorie and Historia bez kitu, as well as associated with the local government’s cultural institution “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin.

Rafał Wnuk Prof. PhD, Hab.