Jerzy Holzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jerzy Holzer

Polish historian

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1930

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2015

Profession: historian, political scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jerzy Holzer

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  • Jerzy Stanislaw Holzer (24 August 1930, Warsaw - 14 January 2015) was a Polish historian.
  • He specialized in the Polish history, German history, and the Polish-German relations. In 1950-1954 he studied history at the University of Warsaw.
  • From 1954 to 2000 he worked at the Institute of History of the university.
  • In October 1990 he gained the title of professor.
  • Holzer worked at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and at Collegium Civitas, he was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
  • He lectured at the universities in Mainz, Freiburg and Berlin. In 1965 Holzer briefly collaborated with the communist secret service.
  • He was writing reports about Germans responsible for contacts with communist Poland.
  • He announced this fact publicly in 2005.
  • From 1948 to 1979 he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party.
  • Since 1978 he cooperated with the Workers' Defence Committee and helped to publish several illegal magazines. In 1980-1981 Holzer helped to organize the Solidarity movement at the University of Warsaw.
  • On 13 December 1981 communist authorities interned him for four months.
  • In 1983 he illegally published the first monography dealing with the Solidarity - "Solidarnosc" 1980-1981.
  • Geneza i historia (Solidarity 1980-1981.
  • Genesis and History), which had been republished several times since then.
  • Many of his books were published in German. Holzer died on 14 January 2015 and was buried at Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw.
  • Six days later, President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski awarded him the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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