Piotr Gontarczyk

Who is Piotr Gontarczyk?

Piotr Gontarczyk is a Polish historian with a doctorate in history and political science.

Gontarczyk is employed by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance and specializes in history of the Polish communist movement during the World War II and in contemporary history. In 2008 Gontarczyk and Sławomir Cenckiewicz published a historical scientific publication entitled "SB a Lech Wałęsa. Przyczynek do biografii". The book caused a major controversy in Poland and both authors were persecuted. In their work dr Gontarczyk and dr Cenckiewicz give proof that in the 1970s the NSZZ Solidarność leader and former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa was a secret informant of the Polish communist secret police - Służba Bezpieczeństwa.