Artur Hojan

Artur Hojan
Artur Hojan, selfportrait
Born7 August 1973
Głogów, Poland
Disappeared1 December 2013
Kościan, west-central Poland
StatusDeceased
OccupationInvestigative journalist

Artur Hojan (7 August 1973 – found dead, 9 February 2014) was a journalist and published author specializing in the history of the Chełmno extermination camp and the Nazi involuntary euthanasia programme conducted in the territory of occupied Poland by the SS during World War II. Hojan was the co-founder of the Tiergartenstrasse4 Association in 2005 (together with Cameron Munro) devoted to Aktion T4 history, with emphasis on the Kościan psychiatric hospital located where he lived.[1] Hojan, age of 40, left home in the evening of 1 December 2013 at 8 p.m. for a walk around town and disappeared.[2][3] His body was found two months later on 9 February 2014 floating in the Obra canal near the town of Kiełczewo,[4] and identified later. The cause of death has not been determined.[5] He was buried at the Kościan cemetery on 15 February 2014.[6] He left behind a wife and young daughter.[6] The monograph Treblinka Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance by Chris Webb, the co-founder of H.E.A.R.T (also known as the HolocaustResearchProject.org),[7] is dedicated to his memory.[8]

  1. ^ Tiergarten4 Association (2017). "Nekrolog Artura Hojana". Ku pamięci. Gedenkort-T4.eu. Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. Archived from the original on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ KS, Głos Wielkopolski (5 December 2013). "Zaginął Artur Hojan! Jeśli go widzieliście, pomóżcie rodzinie!" [Artur Hojan missing]. GlosWielkopolski.pl.
  3. ^ Policja Wielkopolska online (4 December 2013). "Policja poszukuje zaginionego" [Police search for a missing person]. Aktualności. Kościan.
  4. ^ Anna Szklarska-Meller (9 February 2014). "Ciało mężczyzny wyłowione z kanału Obry w Kiełczewie" [Body of a man found in the canal near Kiełczewo]. Kościan: Koscian.NaszeMiasto.pl.
  5. ^ "Tożsamość potwierdzona" [Identity established]. StudioFabryka.pl, Aktualności. Koscian.net. 12 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b Staff writer (15 February 2014). "W niedzielę Odnalazł się Artur Hojan" [Body of Artur Hojan found]. Aktualności. Kurier Lokalny - Stęszew, Kościan, Grodzisk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. ^ HolocaustResearchProject.org (2013). "Who We Are". Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team.
  8. ^ Chris Webb (2014). The Treblinka Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance. Columbia University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 978-3-8382-6546-9.