Janusz Kurtyka
Janusz Marek Kurtyka (born August 13, 1960 in Krakow , † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk , Russia ) was a Polish historian and second president of the Institute for National Remembrance .
Kurtyka became President of the Institute for National Remembrance in 2005, succeeding Leon Kieres .
On April 10, 2010, Kurtyka was part of a Polish delegation headed by President Lech Kaczyński , who was to travel to the memorial in Russia on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre . However, in a plane crash of the delegation near the Smolensk-Nord military airfield , he was killed along with other high-ranking representatives of Poland.
Posthumously Kurtyka was the Grand Cross of 16 April 2010 Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Wielki Orderu Rebirth of Poland) awarded.
References
Web links
- Janusz Kurtyka on the website of the Institute for National Remembrance (Polish)
Footnotes
- ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Press Office of the Sejm): Komunikat No. 163 / VI kad. , accessed April 18, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurtyka, Janusz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurtyka, Janusz Marek (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 2010 |
| Place of death | Smolensk , Russia |