Wojciech Muszyński

Wojciech Jerzy Muszyński (born 1972) is a Polish historian and researcher. His points of interest are the latest history of Poland and military history.

Muszyński was born in Warsaw, where presently lives. In 1998, after graduating from the Department of History of Warsaw University, he began his career as an independent scholar. He received his doctoral degree in 2010 at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. Since 2006 he has been conducting research at the Polish Institute of National Remembrance.[1][2]

He is an author of the several books on the history of Poland in the 20th Century and military history.

During 2003-2019, he was the editor-in-chief of the Polish historical scientific magazine "Glaukopis". He was twice a member of the Committee on Giving Opinions on Candidatures to be awarded for Anti-Communist Activity in 1956-1989 at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (2006-2010, 2015-to the present). In 2017, he was appointed a member of the Scientific Council of the Museum of the Anti-Communist Underground and Political Prisoners in Warsaw.

He was awarded state awards: Gold Cross of Merit in 2016.[3] and Cross of Freedom and Solidarity in 2019.

Some of the Polish media have described him as controversial due to his association with Polish nationalist groups such as the Kukiz'15 association, and his research on controversial historical figures such as Romuald Rajs; through he himself denied that his research or activities should be described in such a fashion.[4][5][6][7][8]

In 2016 he was Kukiz'15's candidate for the college of Institute of National Remembrance. During his candidacy, he caused controversy by posting an image of Barack Obama hanging from a noose to his Facebook page. he was nearly fired from his position, but the disciplinary proceedings for violating state official ethics ended with a formal warning conversation. [9] Following the scandal, Muszyński made his Facebook private. [10]

In 2019 Muszyński commented favorably on the Pinochet regime, suggesting that members of the left-wing Razem party should be thrown from helicopters as was done to leftists in Chile.[11][12]

Selected publications

Books
  • Tereadorzy Hitlera. Hiszpańscy ochotnicy w Wehrmachcie i Waffen-SS 1941-1945 (2019)
  • Białe Legiony przxeciwko bolszewikom. Polskiej formacje wojskowe w Rosji 1918-1920 (2019)
  • Architekt Wielkiej Polski. Roman Dmowski 1864-1939, coauthored with Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska (2018)
  • Białe Legiony 1914-1918. Od Legionu Puławskiego do I Korpusu Polskiego (2018)
  • Przeciwko Pax Sovietica. Narodowe Zjednoczenie Wojskowe i struktury polityczne ruchu narodowego wobec reżimu komunistycznego 1944-1956, coauthored with M. Bechta (2017)
  • Józef Haller 1873-1960, współaut. K. Kaczmarski i R. Sierchuła (2017)
  • Polska dla Polaków! Kim byli i są polscy narodowcy,coauthored with M.J. Chodakiewicz and Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska (2015)
  • Duch młodych. Organizacja Polska i Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny w latach 1934-1944 (2011)
  • Błękitna dywizja. Ochotnicy hiszpańscy na froncie wschodnim 1941-1945 (2002)
  • W walce o Wielką Polskę. Propaganda zaplecza politycznego Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych 1939-1945 (2000)

References
  1. "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. Narodowej, Instytut Pamięci. "Oddziałowe Biuro Badań Historycznych w Warszawie". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. "Postanowienie nr rej. 514/2016 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 4 listopada 2016 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. PTWP. "Kogo Kukiz'15 wprowadzi do IPN? Wojciech Muszyński ma opinię rasisty i narodowca". www.parlamentarny.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. "Kto stoi za nowelizacją ustawy o IPN". www.rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  6. "Komentator proputinowskiej agencji i dawny doktorant senatora. Konsultanci ustawy o IPN pod lupą". gazetapl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  7. "Konsultanci ustawy o IPN: narodowiec i komentator prokremlowskich mediów". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  8. ""Rz": Kontrowersyjni historycy pracowali nad nowelizacją ustawy o IPN". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  9. https://wyborcza.pl/1,75398,20287365,narodowiec-od-kukiza-kandydatem-do-kolegium-ipn-pracuje-w-ipn.html Nationalist from Kukiz is a candidate for the College of the Institute of National Remembrance. He works at the Institute of National Remembrance, distributes drawings with Obama on a noose, Gazeta Wyborcza, June 23rd, 2016
  10. https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/160629724-Powieszony-Obama-na-profilu-kandydata-do-Kolegium-IPN.html Obama was hanged on the profile of a candidate for the IPN College, Rzeczpospolita (newspaper), June 23rd, 2016
  11. "Współpracownik Dudy chce zrzucać z helikopterów lewicę i tropi "Judeopolonię". Kim jest dr Muszyński?". oko.press. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  12. Flieger, Estera (13 December 2019). "Pracownik IPN: Za Pinocheta członkowie Razem zostaliby helikopterami przewiezieni nad ocean". Gazeta Wyborcza.


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