1939-1945
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Born: 1956
Occupation: Professor in history at Warsaw University
Location: Poland
Occupation: Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States/Academic Visitor, University of Oxford
Location: Germany
Born: 1981
Occupation: Historian, Director of the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw
Location: Poland
Often known as the deadliest conflict in human history, World War II shattered early notions of European unity. The mass genocide of Jewish people, severe bombings, and extended violence left much of Europe physically and ideologically destroyed.