Szymon Rudnicki (born 8 February 1938 inWilno) is a Polish historian. He specializes in the history of theSecond Polish Republic, right-wing political movements of that era, andPolish-Jewish relations.
He lectured at the Institute of History of theUniversity of Warsaw, from 1973 to 1987, he was its deputy director. In November 1996 he received a degree of professor. Rudnicki focuses mostly on the ideology and activities of Polish interwar right-wing movements. He also focuses on the Jewish question in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations in interwar Poland. His bookŻydzi w parlamencie II Rzeczypospolitej (Jews in the Parliament of the Second Republic), published in 2003, won the KLIO Prize (Nagroda KLIO) in 2004 for the best scientific monography.[1] Rudnicki is also a member of theJewish Historical Institute (Żydowski Instytut Historyczny), where he co-edited their bulletin as theKwartalnik Historii Żydów (Jewish History Quarterly).[2]
In 2008 he was awarded the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award by theYIVO Institute for Jewish Research for his achievements in the areas of contemporary Polish political history and the history of Polish Jews.[2]
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