few days ago, was settled by the IPN współrganizowany annual contest "The Historical Book of the Year ." This year, the best were the following publications:
Category I:
best science book describing the fate of Poland and Polish people during the twentieth century;
Jury Prize received the book "Sisters in the labor camps in communist Poland in 1954 - 1980 by Dr. S. Agata Mirek
received the Readers Award book "Sisters in the labor camps in communist Poland in the years 1954 - 1980" by Dr. S. Agata Mirek. The book won the 1282 votes of surfers
author has attempted to present one of the most tragic recent history cards female religious communities in Poland - the detention of over a thousand sisters in labor camps.
Why the nuns in the Western business mainly care and educational charity, became the object of such an unprecedented act of terror which they were expulsions? The following publication
is an attempt to describe the communist authorities' actions, which limit the activity of religious communities have sought to phase out the sisters of social life, which sometimes took in Poland lead to the liquidation of religious orders in general.
Category II:
the best book on the history of Polish popular science in the twentieth century
book received the Jury Prize - "displacement, exile and escape from 1939 to 1959. Atlas of the Polish lands. Poles, Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, "by: Assoc. Greg Gryciuk, Dr. Margaret Juchniewicz, PhD, Bozena Szaynok, PhD. Andrzej Zbikowski
Atlas is a documentary record of the deportation, displacement, escape, forced conscription to the army and deportations for forced labor. These were just the experiences of various peoples inhabiting the prewar Polish. Presenting the current state of historical knowledge, atlas is not only a voice in the discussion of experts, but - thanks to its formula - in particular allow the reader to the approximate mass of such an important part of national history. Controversial but interesting. Be may find in it a dramatic piece of personal destiny, a symbolic commemoration of their loved ones to survive - parents, grandparents, great grandparents.
readers received the book award - "Captain Witold Pilecki 1901 - 1948" by Jack Pavlovich. The book won 878 votes of Internet users.
album contains such previously unpublished photos from the family collection of Captain. Presents the life of Witold Pilecki, from his earliest years, to the cruel murder, carried out on the Captain 25 May 1948 Pilecki interesting photographs show a scout and member of the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920. Nowogródzka active citizen of the Earth. Soldier Polish Underground State, a volunteer at the Auschwitz camp, the insurgent "Chrobry II", and after the war - conspirator builds intelligence network. Last scene of the arrest, sentencing and the martyr's death at the hands of prison Mokotow ubeckich executioners.
More information, including other participating in the competition titles http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/pl/305/11154/