Robert Kuwałek Explained

Robert Kuwałek (1966 – 5 June 2014) was a Polish historian, noted for his work on the history of the Jewish community in the Lublin area and on the Holocaust.^[1] He worked at the Majdanek State Museum. 2004–2007 he directed the Museum in Belzec, a new branch of Majdanek State Museum.^[2]

Selected books and other publications

Belzec : le premier centre de mise à mort. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 2013, http://calmann-levy.fr/livres/belzec/

Lublin. Jerozolima Królestwa Polskiego, with Wiesław Wysok, Lublin: Współpraca i Dialog, 2001, http://www.biblioteka.teatrnn.pl/dlibra/dlibra/docmetadata?id=8793&from=publication

"The Ghetto in Lublin," translated by Sophie Frankenberg (née Mendelson), http://www.benchmark.co.il/lublin/The%20ghetto%20in%20Lublin-%20robert%20kuwalek-e.pdf

Bibliography

• Obituary at Jewish Heritage Europe, http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2014/06/08/polish-holocaust-historian-robert-kuwalek-rip/%E2%80%9D
• Kuwałek's biography in Leksykon Lublin, Ośrodek Brama Grodzka-Teatr NN, http://teatrnn.pl/leksykon/node/1714/robert_kuwa%C5%82ek
• Paweł P. Reszka, "Znany lubelski historyk nie żyje," Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 7 June 2014, http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,48724,16113559,Znany_lubelski_historyk_nie_zyje__Mial_47_lat.html

Notes and References

1. News: Body of Missing Holocaust Scholar Robert Kuwalek Is Found in Ukraine. The Forward. 2017-01-20.
2. Web site: Robert Kuwalek, Curator and Historian at the State Museum of Majdanek, Confirmed as Speaker - Facing History Poland 2014. sites.google.com. 2017-01-20.