Szymon Rudnicki

Who is Szymon Rudnicki?

Prof. dr hab. Szymon Rudnicki is a Polish historian. He specializes in the history of the Second Polish Republic, right-wing political movements of that era, and the Polish-Jewish relations.

He lectured at the Institute of History of the University of Warsaw, in 1973-1987 he was its deputy director. In November 1996 he received a degree of professor. Rudnicki focuses mostly on the ideology and activities of Polish interwar right-wing movements. He also focuses on the Jewish question in Poland and the Polish-Jewish relations in interwar Poland. His book Żydzi w parlamencie II Rzeczypospolitej, published in 2003, won the KLIO Prize in 2004 for the best scientific monography. Rudnicki is also a member of the Jewish Historical Institute, where he co-edited their bulletin as the Kwartalnik Historii Żydów.

In 2008 he was awarded the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for his achievements in the area of contemporary Polish political history and the history of Polish Jews.