Jan T. Gross

1947 -

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country of citizenship: Polish People's Republic, United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: Polish, French, English

educated at: University of Warsaw, Yale University

occupation: historian of Modern Age, historian, sociologist, university teacher

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

official website: www.princeton.edu/history/people/data/Professor/jtgross/profile

Jan Tomasz Gross (born 1947) is a Polish-American sociologist and historian. He is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, at Princeton University.Gross is the author of several books on Polish history, particularly Polish-Jewish relations during World War II and the Holocaust, including Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (2001); Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz (2006); and (with Irena Grudzinska Gross) Golden Harvest (2012). Source: Wikipedia (en)