Rafał Wnuk is a Polish historian, editor of several historical periodicals, employee of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Academy of Sciences

The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...

 and of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance

Institute of National Remembrance

Institute of National Remembrance — Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation is a Polish government-affiliated research institute with lustration prerogatives and prosecution powers founded by specific legislation. It specialises in the legal and historical sciences and...

 (IPN). Wnuk was a student of the Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz

Tomasz Strzembosz

Tomasz Strzembosz was a Polish historian and writer who specialized in the history of Poland during World War II. He was a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute of Political Studies in Warsaw; and, at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin...

.

He specializes in the Polish-Ukrainian relations

Polish-Ukrainian relations

Polish-Ukrainian relations were established soon after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. They have been improving since, with Poland and Ukraine forming a strong strategic partnership...

 during WWII as well as in the history of Polish resistance (primarily of Armia Krajowa

Armia Krajowa

The Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej . Over the next two years, it absorbed most other Polish underground forces...

) in the former eastern Polish regions (Kresy

Kresy

The Polish term Kresy refers to a land considered by Poles as historical eastern provinces of their country. Today, it makes western Ukraine, western Belarus, as well as eastern Lithuania, with such major cities, as Lviv, Vilnius, and Hrodna. This territory belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian...

), as well as the history of totalitarian systems. He was responsible for publishing one of the most important books on the Polish underground in the Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

 region in 2000. Together with Sławomir Poleszak, Agnieszka Jaczyńska and Magdalena Śladecka he is the editor of "The Atlas of the Polish Independent Underground 1944-1956" (Atlas Polskiego Podziemia Niepodległościowego 1944 – 1956) published in 2007 by the IPN. Wnuk works at the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk

Museum of World War II in Gdańsk

The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk is a planned museum in Gdańsk, Poland which is devoted to World War II. The opening is scheduled for 1 September 2014. Winner of the international architectural competition was the firm Kwadrat....

 and the Catholic University of Lublin.