Monday 9th November 2026 | 18:05PM – 20:30PM | IMW London | £20

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An Extraordinary Account of Surviving War, Resistance, and an Unthinkable Prison Cell

Discover one of history’s most astonishing psychological encounters. Join us for the exclusive UK launch of Conversations with an Executioner – the powerful, first-hand account of a Polish resistance fighter locked in a cell with the Nazi war criminal who destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.

About the Event

In 1949, Polish freedom fighter and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski was imprisoned by his country’s post-war Communist regime. In a cruel twist of fate, he was forced to share a maximum-security cell for 255 days with Jürgen Stroop, the notorious Nazi official responsible for the murder of over 50,000 people in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Stroop spoke openly and without remorse about his crimes. Moczarski recorded these chilling exchanges, creating an unflinching, masterful insight into the mind of a brutal war criminal. Never before published in the UK, this book stands as a monument of immense historical importance.

Your ticket includes:

• A fascinating, deep-dive panel discussion.
• An interactive audience Q&A session.
• Exclusive, after-hours access to IWM London’s Holocaust Galleries.
• An opportunity to purchase the book and have it signed by the speakers.

Guest Speakers:

• Elżbieta Moczarska: Daughter of Kazimierz Moczarski and founder of the Kazimierz and Zofia Moczarscy Foundation, dedicated to preserving her parents’ extraordinary historical legacy.
• Sean Gasper Bye: Award-winning Polish-to-English translator, former Princeton Translator-in-Residence, and recipient of the EBRD Literary Prize.
• Roger Moorhouse: Renowned, award-winning historian specialising in Nazi Germany and WWII, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and recipient of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic.

Evening Timetable:

• 6:05pm – Doors open
• 6:30pm – Panel talk begins
• 7:15pm – Audience Q&A session
• 7:30pm – Holocaust exhibition opens for after-hours viewing
• 8:00pm – Book-signing with the speakers
• 8:30pm – Event concludes

All information can be found HERE