Szczepan Siekierka
Encyclopedia
Szczepan Siekierka is a Polish
writer
, prolific essay
ist, and the President of the Polish Society for the Remembrance of the Victims of Crimes Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists SUOZUN , registered in 1992 and located at ul. Oławska 2 street in Wrocław, Poland
. Siekierka is a frequent contributor to SUOZUN Society's own periodical Na Rubieży, established also in 1992. Siekierka was the initiator as well as the President of the Committee for the Building of Monument to Victims of the Volhynian Genocide, since October 1994, selected by a joint committee of several other organizations. He is the co-author of several monografies
on the subject of massacres of Poles across the Kresy
region in World War II
, written in collaboration with other writers including Henryk Komański, former member of Polish self-defence from Wołyń Voivodeship. Szczepan Siekierka has defended Operation Vistula, the forced deportation of 130,000-140,000 ethnic Ukrainians from southeastern Poland.
Books co-written, published by Nortom
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, prolific essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
ist, and the President of the Polish Society for the Remembrance of the Victims of Crimes Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists SUOZUN , registered in 1992 and located at ul. Oławska 2 street in Wrocław, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Siekierka is a frequent contributor to SUOZUN Society's own periodical Na Rubieży, established also in 1992. Siekierka was the initiator as well as the President of the Committee for the Building of Monument to Victims of the Volhynian Genocide, since October 1994, selected by a joint committee of several other organizations. He is the co-author of several monografies
Monograph
A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
on the subject of massacres of Poles across the Kresy
Kresy
The Polish term Kresy refers to a land considered by Poles as historical eastern provinces of their country. Today, it makes western Ukraine, western Belarus, as well as eastern Lithuania, with such major cities, as Lviv, Vilnius, and Hrodna. This territory belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian...
region in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, written in collaboration with other writers including Henryk Komański, former member of Polish self-defence from Wołyń Voivodeship. Szczepan Siekierka has defended Operation Vistula, the forced deportation of 130,000-140,000 ethnic Ukrainians from southeastern Poland.
Books co-written, published by NortomNortomNORTOM is a privately owned Polish publishing house, founded in 1992 in Wrocław, specializing in books on Polish history with special focus on the Kresy region of the Second Polish Republic, the Polish literature and political thought, including on post-communism economic crises and nationalism...
- Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komański, Krzysztof Bulzacki, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie lwowskim w latach 1939-1947; 1269 pages, format B5, 20 maps, 602 illustrations, hard cover
- Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komański, Eugeniusz Różański, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie stanisławowskim w latach 1939-1946; 879 pages, format B5, 121 illustrations, hard cover
- Henryk Komański, Szczepan Siekierka, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie tarnopolskim w latach 1939-1946; 1182 pages, format B5, 379 illustrations, hard cover
- Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komański, Przewodnik - pomniki, tablice pamięci i mogiły na terenie obecnej Polski ofiar ludobójstwa dokonanego na Polakach przez OUN i tzw. UPA 1939-1947; 301 pages, format A4, 500 illustrations, hard cover
- Henryk Komański, Szczepan Siekierka, Ludobójstwo dokonane na duchownych obrządku łacińskiego przez OUN-UPA oraz zniszczenia obiektów sakralnych rzymskokatolickich na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich 1939-1947; 608 pages, format B5, 850 illustrations, hard cover
- Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komański, Czesław Filipowski, Katalog wystawy ludobójstwa dokonanego na Polakach przez OUN-UPA) na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP 1939-1947; 276 pages, format A4, 1070 illustrations, maps i tables
Selected articles
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Wiedeńskie rewelacje"; Postup, 70/41
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Przeprośmy Polaków za nasz rozbój"; Postup, 70/41
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza"; Postup, 70/42
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Od dwu prawd do jednej, droga do porozumienia"; Nasze Słowo, 29.06.2003 (70/42)
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Zbliżyć narody?"; Nowiny Nyskie, 26 September 2004 (76/31)
- Szczepan Siekierka, "List opublikowany w „Gazecie Wyborczej” (open letter to Gazeta WyborczaGazeta WyborczaGazeta Wyborcza is a leading Polish newspaper. It covers the gamut of political, international and general news. Like all the Polish newspapers, it is printed on compact-sized paper, and is published by the multimedia corporation Agora SA...
); 24 December 2004 (78/34) - Szczepan Siekierka, "Ludobójstwo dotychczas nie potępione"; 21 March 2005 (80/6)
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Czy Akowcy to bandyci?"; Nasze Słowo, 11–13 March 2005
- Szczepan Siekierka with Krzysztof Bulzacki, "Kompromitacja metropolity"; Dziennik PolskiDziennik PolskiDziennik Polski is a London-based Polish-language newspaper for Polish immigrants.Dziennik Polski may also refer to:* Dziennik Polski , a newspaper based in Kraków, Poland, where Jan Lam worked....
, 30 lipca 2004 (76/22) - Szczepan Siekierka, "Nie odkryte groby czekają", Na Rubieży, 2/6
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Kto tu rządzi?", Na Rubieży, 4/24
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Uprawnienia kombatanckie żołnierzy „Istriebitielnych batalionów'", Na Rubieży, 9/28
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Przetrwalniki faszyzmu", Na Rubieży, 17/33
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Polska - Ukraina: Trudne Pytania", Na Rubieży, 28/47
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Gen. Tadeusz Rozwadowski", Na Rubieży, 45/1
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Zuchwałość pogrobowców OUN nie ma granic" Na Rubieży, 53/15
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Moje refleksje z Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej", Na Rubieży, 64/29
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Wolna Ukraina i demokratyczna tak, ale bez szowinizmu banderowskiego", Na Rubieży, 77/1
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Za jaką cenę kompromis?", Na Rubieży, 77/10
- Szczepan Siekierka, "PWN nobilituje OUN – UPA", Na Rubieży, 81/35
- Szczepan Siekierka, "Nie tego spodziewaliśmy się po 'pomarańczowej rewolucji'", Na Rubieży, 82/19
- Szczepan Siekierka, Krzysztof Bulzacki, "Prawda zwyciężyła", Na Rubieży, 77/24
See also
- Massacres of Poles in VolhyniaMassacres of Poles in VolhyniaThe Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were part of an ethnic cleansing operation carried out by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army West in the Nazi occupied regions of the Eastern Galicia , and UPA North in Volhynia , beginning in March 1943 and lasting until the end of...
- Historiography of the Volyn tragedy
- Institute of National RemembranceInstitute of National RemembranceInstitute of National Remembrance — Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation is a Polish government-affiliated research institute with lustration prerogatives and prosecution powers founded by specific legislation. It specialises in the legal and historical sciences and...