Aleksander Lasik (born 1953) is a Polish historian specializing in the history of the Schutzstaffel (SS) within German concentration camps. A professor at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz,[1] he has worked as an historian for Poland's Institute of National Remembrance.[2]
Lasik is known, in particular, for having helped to compile a database, which he started in 1982 when he was writing his PhD, of 25,000 names of those who staffed concentration camps in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The list includes 9,686 names of personnel at the Auschwitz concentration camp.[2] The Institute of National Remembrance added the database to its website in 2017.[3][4]
Lasik obtained his PhD in 1988 from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.[2] He was one of the historical consultants for the BBC series Auschwitz: The Nazis and "The Final Solution" (2005).[5]
- ^ "Personal details of SS men from KL Auschwitz garrison accessible to the public". Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, 31 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Personal records of the Auschwitz concentration camp personnel finally made available to the public". The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation.
- ^ "Niemieckie obozy zaglady i obozy koncentracyine w okupowanej Polsce". The Institute of National Remembrance.
- ^ "Poland puts Auschwitz-Birkenau staff database online". The Guardian, 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Production credits". Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. PBS.