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Jerzy Łojek
Jerzy Łojek (3 September 1932 – 7 October 1986) was a Polish historian and opposition activist in People's Republic of Poland. He specialized in European, Polish and Russian history of 17th to 20h centuries. Some of his works were first published underground. The communist government prevented him from receiving professorship.
References.
- Paweł Janowski, "Łojek Jerzy, 1932-1986, historyk, publicysta", [w:] "Encyklopedia Katolicka", Lublin 2006, t. XI, kol. 493
Bożena Mamontowicz-Łojek
Bożena Mamontowicz-Łojek (22 December 1937 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish historian and activist. She studied history of Polish theater and ballet. She was President of the Polish Katyn Foundation. She was wife of Jerzy Łojek, historian.
She died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk on 10 April 2010. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.