Wiktoria Zarębczan

I am a PhD student in the humanities, specializing in history. I graduated from the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow with a degree in Historical Tourism and Cultural Heritage from the Institute of History and Archival Studies. I completed my master’s degree in the same field, defending a thesis titled: “The Emigration of Highlanders from Podhale in the 19th and 20th Centuries Using Gronków as an Example – Concept for a Museum.”

I work at the Center for Documentation of Deportations, Expulsions, and Resettlements at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, where I participate in scientific and educational projects and organize educational workshops. Additionally, I am a licensed guide in various branches of the Krakow Museum.

My research interests include the phenomenon of the Great Emigration, broadly understood resettlements of the Polish population, the culture and folklore of the Highlanders of Podhale, as well as oral history.

I am preparing my doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Professor Hubert Chudzio, PhD hab., from the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. The title of my research is: “A Child of the ‘Trail of Hope’: From the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, Through Siberia, to Freedom.”