Background
Madajczyk, CzesLAw Jan was born on May 27, 1921 in Jarocin, Poznan, Poland. Son of Stanislaw and Helena (Nicke) Madajczyk.
Madajczyk, CzesLAw Jan was born on May 27, 1921 in Jarocin, Poznan, Poland. Son of Stanislaw and Helena (Nicke) Madajczyk.
Master of Arts, University Wroclaw (Poland), 1947. Doctorate, Institute Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1954.
Head section Institute History Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1955-1991, deputy secretary department social science, 1968-1971, director institute history, 1971-1983, professor emeritus history, since 1992. Vice president International Committee History of Second World War, Paris, 1980-1995. Member council Institute European History, Mainz, Germany, 1981-1996.
Member international editorial board Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, New York City, London, 1990.
Member Polish Academy of Sciences.
Married Zofia Helena Wojtasinska, November 17, 1953. Children: Jacek, Piotr.