Dierk Ludwig Schaaf
Sikorski`s Death and Soviet Rule in Poland after 1945 – An old mystery reassessed (NEW 30 March 2026)
Including a Foreword by Alfred-M. de Zayas and explanatory appendices by Konrad Badenheuer. Enlarged English edition of the original German edition of 2013.
Paperback in A5 format (21 x 14.7 cm), 220 pages with two maps and ten portraits, 21.0 x 14.8 cm.
ISBN 978-3-945127-60-5
29,90 €
On July 4, 1943, Polish President-in-exile Władysław Sikorski was killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar. Immediately after the unnatural death of the respected politician, questions began to arise about the exact circumstances of the event and the cause of death. Government institutes and renowned scientists have extensivly investigated this question, as have amateur researchers. One thing is certain: the first official investigation of the incident, ordered by Winston Churchill, is full of inconsistencies and omissions. So it didn’t end speculations but rather fueled them. The multitude of possible motives did the rest. At the time of the crash, Sikorski had many enemies, the most powerful and ruthless of whom was Joseph Stalin.
The literature on the event is copious, the level of these contributions ranging from conspiracy theories of the crudest kind to scientific research papers. One such contribution was made in 2013 by the German historian Dierk Ludwig Schaaf. His book is excitingly written, almost like a crime novel. Yet, with its precise documentation and compelling logic, it is clearly scientific. Schaaf doubts the accident theory, but unlike other authors, he does not consider Winston Churchill to be primarily responsible. Published in German, the book did not receive much international attention. The publisher Inspiration Unlimited hopes to change this with this English-language edition.