Ally of Trump, historian and author ‘in the shadows’: who is the new president of Poland

He was director of the World War II Museum in this Baltic Sea Port City between 2017 and 2021 and, from this year, directed the Institute of National Memory (IPN), which investigates the crimes of Nazis and the communist period.

His research works focus on the Polish anti -Communist opposition, organized crime during the communist period and the history of sports.

Russia included it last year on its list of people sought by initiatives to overthrow the Soviet era monuments.

Nawrocki is the author of several books, but published one of them under a pseudonym, which generated criticism.

He was also accused of having ties with mobsters and neo -Nazis, but he defended himself and denounced a “manipulation” of the facts, as he argues that his contacts were scarce and motivated for professional reasons.

“No one has ever heard me something positive about Nazism,” he said.