Aleksander Lasik

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]

Aleksander Lasik

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]

Selected works

• Załoga SS w KL Auschwitz w latach 1940–1945. Bydgoszcz: Wydawn. Uczelniane Wyższej Szkoly Pedagogicznej w Bydgoszczy, 1994. ISBN 978-8370960926
• "Historical-Sociological Profile of the Auschwitz SS ". Gutman, Yisrael; Berenbaum, Michael, eds. (1998). Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 271–287. ISBN 0-253-32684-2.
• "Rudolf Höss: Manager of Crime". Gutman, Yisrael; Berenbaum, Michael, eds. (1998). Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 288–300. ISBN 0-253-32684-2.
• "Organizational Structure of Auschwitz Concentration Camp". Długoborski, Wacław; Piper, Franciszek, eds. (2000). Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Volume I: The Establishment and Organization of the Camp. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. pp. 145–279.
• "The Apprehension and Punishment of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Staff". Długoborski, Wacław; Piper, Franciszek, eds. (2000). Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Volume V: Epilogue. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. pp. 99–117.
• Sztafety Ochronne w systemie niemieckich obozów koncentracyjnych. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, 2007. ISBN 9788360210321
• "The matter of citizenship among SS-personnel at KL Auschwitz in the years 1940–1945". Auschwitz Studies, 26, 2012, pp. 49–125.