Dariusz Stola

Polish historian · Poland · On the map · Writers · Born 1963 · age 62

Dariusz Stola is a Polish historian and professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the history of 20th-century Poland, the Holocaust, Jewish-Polish relations, and migration in Central and Eastern Europe.

Dariusz Stola is read about 13 times a day, in 5 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 28 June 2026

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2015Knight of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAwardOfficer of the Order of LeopoldAward2013Knight of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1963Born11 December 1963

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Dariusz Stola at the 2019 March of Living lit the first torch during the closing ceremony at Birkenau on Yom HaShoah, in honor of the Righteous Among the Nations. Viorica Dăncilă, on the right, Prime Minister of Romania and President of United Council.

Awards

Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland2015

Officer of the Order of Leopold2015

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta2013

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About this person

He served as director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from 2014 to 2019. Stola has published extensively on postwar Polish history, antisemitism, and communist-era migration policy, and has been an active participant in public debates concerning historical memory in Poland. In 2026, Stola was reappointed as Director of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Country

Poland

Writers from Poland 6

Pola Gojawiczyńska43.3 of 100

Jan Józef Szczepański43.2 of 100

Maciej Hunia43.3 of 100

Andrzej Chwalba43.2 of 100

Karol Estreicher43.3 of 100

Wiktor Grodecki43.2 of 100