Aleksander Lasik

 ( 1953 Births ) 

Aleksander Lasik (born 1953) is a Polish historian specializing in the history of the Schutzstaffel (SS) within German concentration camps. A professor at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, "Personal details of SS men from KL Auschwitz garrison accessible to the public". Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, 31 January 2017. he has worked as an historian for Poland's Institute of National Remembrance.

Lasik is known, in particular, for having helped to compile a database, which he started in 1982 when he was writing his PhD, of 25,000 names of those who staffed concentration camps in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The list includes 9,686 names of personnel at the Auschwitz concentration camp. "Personal records of the Auschwitz concentration camp personnel finally made available to the public". The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation. The Institute of National Remembrance added the database to its website in 2017. "Niemieckie obozy zaglady i obozy koncentracyine w okupowanej Polsce". The Institute of National Remembrance. "Poland puts Auschwitz-Birkenau staff database online". The Guardian, 30 January 2017.

Lasik obtained his PhD in 1988 from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He was one of the historical consultants for the BBC series (2005). "Production credits". Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. PBS.

• Załoga SS w KL Auschwitz w latach 1940–1945. Bydgoszcz: Wydawn. Uczelniane Wyższej Szkoly Pedagogicznej w Bydgoszczy, 1994.
• "Historical-Sociological Profile of the Auschwitz SS ".
  (1998). 9780253326843, Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253326843
• "Rudolf Höss: Manager of Crime".
  (1998). 9780253326843, Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253326843
• "Organizational Structure of Auschwitz Concentration Camp".
• "The Apprehension and Punishment of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Staff".
• Sztafety Ochronne w systemie niemieckich obozów koncentracyjnych. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, 2007.
• "The matter of citizenship among SS-personnel at KL Auschwitz in the years 1940–1945". Auschwitz Studies, 26, 2012, pp. 49–125.

• "List of publications". Kazimierz Wielki University.