Curator of National Remembrance Prize, June 19, 2007, Warsaw

In July 2002 the President of the Institute of National Remembrance established Curator of National Remembrance Prize. This honorary title is awarded to a person, institution or public organization for outstanding deeds commemorating Polish Nation’s history between 1939-1989 as well as public activity converging with statutory aims of the Institute.

The prize is granted annually by the Chapter presided over by the President of IPN. The capitularies are i.a. laureates of the prize. The idea of National Remembrance Prize is to restore respect for the nation’s history and to preserve values, which let Poland survive the years of enslavement.

The laureates in 2002:

• Colonel Professor Elżbieta Zawadzka,
• Professor Tomasz Strzębosz
• Andrzej Zagórski

In 2003:

• Professor Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny
• Commission of History of Women in the Struggle for Independence
• Polish Underground Movement (1939-1945) Study Trust

In 2004:

• Professor Władysław Bartoszewski
• Editorial staff of Association of “Freedom and Independence” in Documents
• Zofia Leszczyńska

In 2005:

• Professor Barbara Otwinowska
• General Bolesław Nieczuja-Ostrowski
• Lieutenant colonel Stanisław Dąbrowa-Kostka
• Father Józef Mońko
• Association “Solidarity Archive”

In 2006:

• The Order of Pauline Fathers
• Czesława and Euheniusz Cydzik
• Andrzej Kunert, PhD
• Zofia and Zbigniew Romaszewski

The 2007 ceremony of Curator of National Remembrance Prize, under honorary patronage of Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland, took place on June 19th 2007, at Royal Castle in Warsaw.

The 2007 laureates are:

• Halina Martinowa
• Prelate Wacław Karłowicz
• Civic Committee for Search for the Missing since July 1945 Inhabitants of Suwałki Region
• Paweł Jasiennica – postmortem