Tadeusz Piotrowski (sociologist)

Tadeusz Piotrowski or Thaddeus Piotrowski (born 1940) is a Polish-American sociologist. He is a Professor of Sociology in the Social Science Division of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he lives.^[1]

Piotrowski's courses at the University of New Hampshire include the social history of the Holocaust and courses in anthropology.^[2] Piotrowski is the author of several books on the subject of Poland's World War II history, with a special focus on Polish ethnic groups and minorities. Some of his chosen subjects include the Soviet invasion of Poland and the genocide by Ukrainian nationalists in Volhynia,^[3][4] where he lived with his family under the Soviet and German occupations until 1943.^[5][6] Piotrowski received several awards for promoting Polish history and culture in North America through his books^[7][8] and for preserving the memory of the Polish struggle for independence.^[9]

Education

• Ph.D. in sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
• M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
• B.A., St. Francis University, 1963

Selected books

• Vengeance of the Swallows: Memoir of a Polish Family's Ordeal Under Soviet Aggression, Ukrainian Ethnic Cleansing and Nazi Enslavement, and Their Emigration to America (1995), McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-0001-0 , ISBN 0-7864-0001-3
• Poland's Holocaust (1998, 2006), McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-2913-4 , ISBN 0-7864-0371-3
• Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn (2000, 2009), McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-4245-4 , ISBN 0-7864-0773-5
• The Indian Heritage of New Hampshire and Northern New England (2002, 2009), McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-4252-2, ISBN 0-7864-1098-1
• The Polish Deportees of World War II (2004, 2008), McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-3258-5 , ISBN 0-7864-1847-8.

Awards

• UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award, the Faculty Scholar Award and a three-year Carpenter Professorship Award^[1]
• The Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture^[1]
• The Literary Award of the Polish Sociocultural Centre of the Polish Library in London^[1]
• The Gold Medal Award of the American Institute of Polish Culture in Florida^[1]
• The Interpreter of Perennial Wisdom Award from the Monuments Conservancy of New York.^[1]
• Certificate of Merit from the Warsaw-based Association of Combat Veterans and Former Political Prisoners of the Republic of Poland.^[1]

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