Research Center

Piotr Setkiewicz, Ph.D.

Born in 1963, studied history at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and earned his doctorate at the Silesian University in 1999 for a dissertation on IG Farben-Werk Auschwitz 1941-1945.

He began working for the research department at the Museum in 1988. Head of the archives from 2001-2007, he became head of the research department in 2008. His research interests include the employment of prisoners in German industry and the history of the Auschwitz sub-camps.

His hobby is music (G.F. Haendel).

All enquiries about information or archive documents on prisoners of Auschwitz should be directed to Bureau for Former Prisoners.