First prize in the category "Best Polish-language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy" was awarded to Patrycja Grzebyk, Bartłomiej Krzan, and Karolina Wierczyńska, who authored the book Polski dorobek w zakresie międzynarodowego prawa karnego w latach 1918–2018 [Polish Contributions to International Criminal Law in 1918–2018]. It presents a comprehensive overview of the development of research and practice of international criminal law in Poland since 1918.

Second prize in the same category was awarded to Jacek Tebinka for Polskie Dokumenty Dyplomatyczne 1943 [Polish Diplomatic Documents 1943]. Ryszard Stemplowski was awarded a distinction for the publication Dziennik ambasadora. Londyn 1994–1995 [The Diary of an Ambassador. London 1994–1995].

The prize for the best foreign-language publication on the Polish history went to Clare Mulley for her book Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Courageous WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, which not only tells the story of the only woman among the Silent Unseen but also remembers key moments of the Polish history.

Second prize in the category was awarded to Katarzyna Nowak for the monograph Kingdom of Barracks. Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria. Anthony Sharwood took third place with his book Kosciuszko. The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain.

The Prize Committee also awarded three distinctions in this category. They were received by: Oliver Zajac for Hôtel Lambert and the Austrian Empire, 1831–1846. The Political Discourse and Activities of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Daniel Filip-Afloarei for Un deceniu zbuciumat. România şi criza regimului comunist din Polonia în anii ’80, and Ayano Kobayashi for the book Janina in the Katyn Forest.

Members of the Prize Committee:

• Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Bosacki—Chair of the Committee
• Roland Chojnacki—Committee Member (Director of MFA Department of Promotion and Cultural Diplomacy)
• Paweł Wroński—Committee Member (substituting for MFA Spokesperson)
• Marian Siemakowicz—Committee Member (Deputy Director of MFA Bureau of Knowledge Management and Diplomatic History)
• Laurynas Vaičiūnas—Committee Member (Chairman of the Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe)
• Basil Kerski—Committee Member (Director of the European Solidarity Centre)
• Jan Malicki—Committee Member (Director of the Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw)
• Wojciech Konończuk—Committee Member (Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies)
• Dariusz Jemielniak—Committee Member (Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
• Adam Leszczyński—Committee Member (Director of the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought)
• Olga Zawadzka-Kucharska—Secretary of the Committee (Unit for Awareness, Language Promotion, and Scientific Cooperation Outreach,​Department of Promotion and Cultural Diplomacy, MFA)

The prize ceremony will take place on 10 December.

Congratulations to all authors!

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Best History Book Prize was first awarded in 2017. The competition’s purpose is to arouse the interest of international research community in the history of Poland and Polish diplomacy.