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==Criticism== ==Criticism==
In 2000, Gontarczyk published ''Pogrom? Zajścia polsko-żydowskie w Przytyku 9 marca 1936 r. Mity, fakty, dokumenty'' about the ] in which he described the ]. It has been reviewed critically by Jacek Walicki who questioned Gontarczyk's objectivity, sa<ref></ref> According to Jolanta Żyndul, Gontarczyk omitted all the facts that did not fit his thesis of "Polish-Jewish conflict".<ref></ref> According to ] Gontarczyk relied exclusively on Polish legal and administrative documentation, and dismissed all foreign publications, along with previous Polish ones, as propaganda, seeing Jewish and American publications as based almost exclusively on pre-war Jewish press and books published in Communist times. .<ref></ref> According to ], Gontarczyk implies Jews were responsible for anti-Jewish violence as they sought to defend themselves. Michlic sees Gontarczyk's work as a highly rationalized form of the entho-nationalist approach.<ref>, ], page 110-111, University of Nebraska Press</ref> In 2000, Gontarczyk published ''Pogrom? Zajścia polsko-żydowskie w Przytyku 9 marca 1936 r. Mity, fakty, dokumenty'' about the ] in which he described the ]. It has been reviewed critically by Jacek Walicki who questioned Gontarczyk’s objectivity.<ref></ref> According to Jolanta Żyndul, Gontarczyk omitted all the facts that did not fit his thesis of "Polish-Jewish conflict".<ref></ref> According to ] Gontarczyk relied exclusively on Polish legal and administrative documentation, and dismissed all foreign publications, along with previous Polish ones, as propaganda, seeing Jewish and American publications as based almost exclusively on pre-war Jewish press and books published in Communist times. .<ref></ref> According to ], Gontarczyk implies Jews were responsible for anti-Jewish violence as they sought to defend themselves. Michlic sees Gontarczyk's work as a highly rationalized form of the entho-nationalist approach.<ref>, ], page 110-111, University of Nebraska Press</ref>


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Piotr Gontarczyk

Piotr Gontarczyk (born April 29, 1970 in Żyrardów) 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 the history of the Polish communist movement during World War II and also in contemporary history. He is the author of several hundred articles and polemics in the scientific publications.

Career

Gontarczyk finished studied at Warsaw University at the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, where in 2003 he defended his doctor's thesis 2003 titled Polish Workers Party. Path to rule in 1942-1945 na temat Polish Workers Party. His work was awarded in 2004 with Award Jerzego Lojka. He also studied at the Historical Institute of Warsaw University.

In the years 1998–2005 he worked in the office Commissioner for Public Interest, and worked together with the deputy commissioner, judge Krzysztof Kauba. Since 2006 he was vice-director of Office of Archivization of Documents of Institute of National Memory. In September 2007 he was named Deputy Director of of Lustration Office at Institute of National Memory.

Gontarczyk's work as a historian, researcher and political scientist comprises several books and numerous press articles as well as scientific papers.

He authored hundreds of articles in such scholarly publications as Zeszyty Historyczne, Arcana, Glaukopis, Dzieje Najnowsze, Zeszyty Historyczne WiN, Biuletyn Kwartalny Radomskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego, Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej and scholarly publication Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944–1989. He also was published by numerous newspapers such as Życie, Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Polska , Nasz Dziennik, Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, Uważam Rze, Do Rzeczy,Więź, Najwyższy Czas!, Tygodnik Solidarność, Ozon, Wprost and Życie Warszawy.

In 2006, Gontarczyk correctly identified Zygmunt Bauman as a former agent for the Polish secret service between 1945 and 1953.

He is a former member of academic corporation „Respublica”.

Controversy over publication about Lech Walesa

In 2008 Gontarczyk and Sławomir Cenckiewicz published a book, "SB a Lech Wałęsa. Przyczynek do biografii" ("SB and Lech Wałęsa. Contribution to Biography").While the book was not balanced, and gave the impression it was intended as political indictment rather than a solid work of scholarship, it caused a major controversy in Poland. In their work, Dr. Gontarczyk and Dr. Cenckiewicz presented the argument 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 (SB).

Criticism

In 2000, Gontarczyk published Pogrom? Zajścia polsko-żydowskie w Przytyku 9 marca 1936 r. Mity, fakty, dokumenty about the Przytyk pogrom in which he described the Przytyk pogrom. It has been reviewed critically by Jacek Walicki who questioned Gontarczyk’s objectivity. According to Jolanta Żyndul, Gontarczyk omitted all the facts that did not fit his thesis of "Polish-Jewish conflict". According to Jerzy Tomaszewski Gontarczyk relied exclusively on Polish legal and administrative documentation, and dismissed all foreign publications, along with previous Polish ones, as propaganda, seeing Jewish and American publications as based almost exclusively on pre-war Jewish press and books published in Communist times. . According to Joanna Michlic, Gontarczyk implies Jews were responsible for anti-Jewish violence as they sought to defend themselves. Michlic sees Gontarczyk's work as a highly rationalized form of the entho-nationalist approach.

Books

References

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  4. Wykaz publikacji P. Gontarczyk z 2007 roku. IPN 2007.
  5. Zygmunt Bauman: Why Good People do Bad Things, Shaun Best, page 12
  6. Totalitarian Societies and Democratic Transition: Essays in memory of Victor Zaslavsky, pages 406-7, Vladislav Zubok, CEU Press
  7. Wikinews: Row over Lech Wałęsa's alleged collaboration with communists escalates
  8. Harry de Quetteville (14 June 2008). "Lech Walesa was Communist spy, claims book". Daily Telegraph. Berlin. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  9. Jacek Walicki, Tygiel Kultury, 2002 nr 1/3, pp. 180-184
  10. [Gazeta Wyborcza, 2001-03-07, nr 74, p 1
  11. Przegląd Historyczny, 2001, nr 2, pp. 259-261
  12. Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present, Joanna Michlic, page 110-111, University of Nebraska Press


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