Past Karski & Nirenska Award Winners

The Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Committee, comprised of Jonathan Brent (Executive Director of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research), Monika Krawczyk (director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute), Ewa Geller, Tadeusz Epsztein and Andrzej Żbikowski, has awarded the prize for the year 2022 to Professor Anna Landau-Czajka.

The Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Committee, comprised of Jonathan Brent (Executive Director of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research), Monika Krawczyk (director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute), Ewa Geller, Tadeusz Epsztein and Andrzej Żbikowski, has awarded the prize for the year 2021 to Professor Jan Doktór.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce that Professor Daniel Grinberg and Dr hab. Joanna Lisek were named the recipients of the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award for the year 2019 and 2020, respectively.

The Jury of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award is pleased to announce that Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota was named the recipient of the Karski Award for the year 2018.

The Jury of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award is pleased to announce that Dr. Eleonora Bergman and Dr. Tadeusz Epsztein of Warsaw, Poland were named the recipients of the Karski Award for the year 2017.

The Jury of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award is pleased to announce that Prof. Ewa Geller of Warsaw, Poland was named the recipient of the Karski Award for the year 2016.

The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award is pleased to announce that Prof. Jerzy Malinowski has been named the recipient of this year's prize. Endowed by Prof. Jan Karski at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors of published ...

The Jury of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award has the pleasure to announce that Mr. Piotr Matywiecki of Warsaw, Poland was named the recipient of the Karski Award for the year 2014. This annual award was endowed by Prof. Jan Karski in 1992 for an author of published ...

The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award has the pleasure to announce that Prof. Barbara Engelking of Warsaw, Poland was named the receipient of this year’s prize. Endowed by Prof. Jan Karski at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors ...

The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize has the pleasure to announce that Professor Marcin Wodziński of Wrocław, Poland, is the 2011 recipient of the Karski-Nirenska award. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to ...