Marcin Zaremba, born in 1966, is a historian and professor at the University of Warsaw. After studying history and sociology, he was awarded his doctorate in 2000 with thesis on the nationalist legitimization of the communist rulers in Poland. in Poland. “The Great Fear. Poland 1944-1947: Life in a state of emergency” is the translation of his habilitation thesis, in which he examines how collective fear determined social life at the transition to the post-war period and led to looting and looting and violence. His research interests include social and cultural and cultural history and the emotional history of the People's Republic of Poland. He is the author of numerous articles in Polityka weekly and Gazeta Wyborca.
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