On 4 May, the Director, dr Karol Nawrocki, appointed dr hab. Grzegorz Berendt the Vice-Director
Dr hab. Grzegorz Berendt, professor of the University of Gdańsk, in his capacity of the senior deputy director, will be in charge of the research and publishing sections, the library, and the planned film documentation section.
Dr hab. Grzegorz Berendt, professor of the University of Gdańsk (DOB 1964), has been linked to the University’s Institute of History since 1985 and is currently stationed at the Division of Political Thought and Culture. As a historian, he studies the history of the Polish Jews and other population groups of the Gdańsk Pomerania in the 20th century. He is the author of about 90 scientific publications and over 30 titles in the popular science area. His academic output includes three independent monographs and shared authorship of 7 books. He is a long-standing Head of the Public Education Office, Institute of National Remembrance, specialist in the Second World War and the aspects of the civilian suffering in the times of war.
