Aleksander Lasik

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Aleksander Lasik (born 1953) is a Polish historian specializing in the history of the Schutzstaffel (SS) within German concentration camps. A professor at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz,[http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/personal-details-of-ss-men-from-kl-auschwitz-garrison-accessible-to-the-public,1239.html "Personal details of SS men from KL Auschwitz garrison accessible to the public"]. Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, 31 January 2017. he has worked as an historian for Poland's Institute of National Remembrance.

Lasik is known, in particular, for having helped to compile a database, which he started in 1982 when he was writing his PhD, of 25,000 names of those who staffed concentration camps in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The list includes 9,686 names of personnel at the Auschwitz concentration camp.[https://ipn.gov.pl/en/news/896,Personal-records-of-the-Auschwitz-concentration-camp-personnel-finally-made-avai.html "Personal records of the Auschwitz concentration camp personnel finally made available to the public"]. The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation. The Institute of National Remembrance added the database to its website in 2017.[https://truthaboutcamps.eu/th/form/60,Zaloga-SS-KL-Auschwitz.html "Niemieckie obozy zaglady i obozy koncentracyine w okupowanej Polsce"]. The Institute of National Remembrance.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/30/auschwitz-birkenau-staff-database-online-poland-nazi-camp "Poland puts Auschwitz-Birkenau staff database online"]. The Guardian, 30 January 2017.

Lasik obtained his PhD in 1988 from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He was one of the historical consultants for the BBC series Auschwitz: The Nazis and "The Final Solution" (2005).[https://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/about/credits.html "Production credits"]. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. PBS.

Selected works

Załoga SS w KL Auschwitz w latach 1940–1945. Bydgoszcz: Wydawn. Uczelniane Wyższej Szkoly Pedagogicznej w Bydgoszczy, 1994. {{isbn|978-8370960926}}
"Historical-Sociological Profile of the Auschwitz SS ". {{cite book |editor1-last = Gutman | editor1-first = Yisrael | editor2-last = Berenbaum | editor2-first = Michael | title = Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp | chapter = | pages = [https://archive.org/details/anatomyofauschwi00yisr/page/271 271–287] | year = 1998 | publisher = Indiana University Press | location = Bloomington| isbn =0-253-32684-2}}
"Rudolf Höss: Manager of Crime". {{cite book |editor1-last = Gutman | editor1-first = Yisrael | editor2-last = Berenbaum | editor2-first = Michael | title = Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp | chapter = | pages = [https://archive.org/details/anatomyofauschwi00yisr/page/288 288–300] | year = 1998 |publisher = Indiana University Press | location = Bloomington| isbn =0-253-32684-2}}
"Organizational Structure of Auschwitz Concentration Camp". {{cite book |editor-last1=Długoborski |editor-first1=Wacław |editor-last2=Piper |editor-first2=Franciszek |editor-link2=|title=Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Volume I: The Establishment and Organization of the Camp |date=2000 |publisher=Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum |location=Oświęcim|pages=145–279}}
"The Apprehension and Punishment of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Staff". {{cite book |editor-last1=Długoborski |editor-first1=Wacław |editor-last2=Piper |editor-first2=Franciszek |editor-link2=|title=Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Volume V: Epilogue |date=2000 |publisher=Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum |location=Oświęcim|pages=99–117}}
Sztafety Ochronne w systemie niemieckich obozów koncentracyjnych. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, 2007. {{isbn|9788360210321}}
"The matter of citizenship among SS-personnel at KL Auschwitz in the years 1940–1945". Auschwitz Studies, 26, 2012, pp. 49–125.

Aleksander Lasik

Selected works

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