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'''Tadeusz Piotrowski''' or '''Thaddeus Piotrowski''' (
Piotrowski's research interests center around [[minority|minorities]] and ethnic groups and are primarily related to their [[history]]. He is a public lecturer with over 50 university talks on the subject of American ethnic groups as well as the [[Central Europe]]an history, minorities, and [[the Holocaust]]. Piotrowski is a book editor, reviewer, referee for scientific papers, and a translator. His professional engagements include lectures for public and professional organizations in America, [[Canada]], [[England]] and [[Poland]].[http://www.unhm.unh.edu/faculty-staff/campus-directory/view-faculty.php?facultyID=438&id=3]
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* Ph.D. in sociology, [[University of Pennsylvania]], 1973
* M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
* B.A., [[St. Francis College]], 1963
==Books==
* ''Vengeance of the Swallows: Memoir of a Polish Family's Ordeal Under Soviet Aggression, Ukrainian Ethnic Cleansing and Nazi Enslavement, and Their Emigration to America'' (1995), [[McFarland & Company]], ISBN 0786400013
* ''Poland's Holocaust'' (1998), McFarland, ISBN 0786403713,
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* ''The Indian Heritage of New Hampshire and Northern New England'' (2002), McFarland, ISBN 0786410981
* ''The Polish Deportees of World War II'' (2004), McFarland, ISBN 0786418478.
Piotrowski is the author a number of journal articles and a chapter contributor to books by other authors.[http://www.mitpressjournals.org/action/doSearch?searchText=%5Ball%3A+Professor+Tadeusz+Piotrowski%5D&cookieSet=1]
==Awards==
Tadeusz Piotrowski is the recipient of the following awards:[http://www.unhm.unh.edu/faculty-staff/campus-directory/view-faculty.php?facultyID=438&id=3]
* UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award, the Faculty Scholar Award and a three-year Carpenter Professorship Award
* The Cultural Achievement Award from the [[American Council for Polish Culture]]
* The Literary Award of the Polish Sociocultural Centre of the Polish Library in London
* The Gold Medal Award of the [[American Institute of Polish Culture]]
* The Interpreter of Perennial Wisdom Award from the [[Monuments Conservancy]] of New York.
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==External links==
*[http://www.unhm.unh.edu/faculty-staff/campus-directory/view-faculty.php?facultyID=438&id=3 Homepage at UNH]
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Tadeusz Piotrowski or Thaddeus Piotrowski (1940-present) is a Polish-American sociologist and a Holocaust survivor. He was born in the Polish eastern province of Volhynia where he lived with his family until August 1943 under both Soviet and German occupations in World War II.[1] At present, he is a Professor of Sociology in the Humanities Program, Social Science Division of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He lives in Manchester.[2]
Piotrowski's research interests center around minorities and ethnic groups and are primarily related to their history. He is a public lecturer with over 50 university talks on the subject of American ethnic groups as well as the Central European history, minorities, and the Holocaust. Piotrowski is a book editor, reviewer, referee for scientific papers, and a translator. His professional engagements include lectures for public and professional organizations in America, Canada, England and Poland.[3]
Education
- Ph.D. in sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
- B.A., St. Francis College, 1963
Books
- Vengeance of the Swallows: Memoir of a Polish Family's Ordeal Under Soviet Aggression, Ukrainian Ethnic Cleansing and Nazi Enslavement, and Their Emigration to America (1995), McFarland & Company, ISBN 0786400013
- Poland's Holocaust (1998), McFarland, ISBN 0786403713,
- Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn (2000), McFarland, ISBN 0786407735
- The Indian Heritage of New Hampshire and Northern New England (2002), McFarland, ISBN 0786410981
- The Polish Deportees of World War II (2004), McFarland, ISBN 0786418478.
Piotrowski is the author a number of journal articles and a chapter contributor to books by other authors.[4]
Awards
Tadeusz Piotrowski is the recipient of the following awards:[5]
- UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award, the Faculty Scholar Award and a three-year Carpenter Professorship Award
- The Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture
- The Literary Award of the Polish Sociocultural Centre of the Polish Library in London
- The Gold Medal Award of the American Institute of Polish Culture
- The Interpreter of Perennial Wisdom Award from the Monuments Conservancy of New York.