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{{Infobox historian
| name        = Richard C. Lukas
| image       = Richard C. Lukas.jpg
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| caption     = Lukas in 2014
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1937|8|29}}
| birth_place = [[Lynn, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| workplaces  = [[Wright State University]]
| alma_mater  = [[Florida State University]]
| discipline  = [[Polish history]]
| known_for   = ''[[The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944]]''
| website     = {{URL|www.richardclukas.com}}
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'''Richard Conrad Lukas''' (born August 29, 1937) is an American [[historian]] and author of books and articles on [[Military history|military]], [[Diplomatic history|diplomatic]], [[History of Poland|Polish]], and [[History of the Poles in the United States|Polish-American history]]. He specializes in the history of [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|Poland during World War II]]. 

Before retiring from active teaching in 1995, he taught and did research at [[Tennessee Technological University]], [[Wright State University]], and the [[University of South Florida]].

Lukas is best known for ''[[The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944]]'' (1986), a study of the wartime experience of the Polish people.

==Early life and education==
Lukas was born on August 29, 1937, in [[Lynn, Massachusetts]], to a [[Polish Americans|Polish-American]] family<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Grondelski |first=John M. |date=2023-11-21 |title=Richard C. Lukas, The Torpedo Season: Growing Up During World War II, Las Vegas, NV, 2021 |url=https://czasopisma.tnkul.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/525 |journal=Studia Polonijne |language=pl |volume=44 |pages=389–392 |doi=10.18290/sp2344.21 |issn=2544-526X|doi-access=free }}</ref> of Pelagia Lukaszewski (née Kapuscinski) and her husband, Franciszek Lukaszewski. After receiving a BA in 1957,<ref name=Who'sWho>{{cite book|first=Bolesław|last=Wierzbiański|title=Who's who in Polish America: 1996-1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViAaAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=[[Bicentennial Publishing Corporation]]|page=270|isbn=9780781800105}}</ref> he worked as a research consultant, from 1957 to 1958, at the United States Air Force Historical Archives.<ref name=Clarke2002p13/><ref name=directory1979p771>{{cite book|title=Writers Directory 1980-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA771|date=1979|publisher=The Macmillian Press Limited|isbn=978-1-349-03650-9|page=771}}</ref> He was awarded an MA in 1960<ref name=Who'sWho/> and a PhD from [[Florida State University]] in 1963, for a thesis entitled "Air Force Aspects of American Aid to the Soviet Union: The Crucial Years 1941–1942".<ref>Lukas, Richard C. (1964). "Air Force aspects of American aid to the Soviet Union: the crucial years, 1941–1942". Ann Arbor: University microfilms. {{oclc|1016419368}}</ref><ref>Julian, Thomas A., Lieutenant Colonel (September–October 1970). "Lend-Lease and Soviet-American Relations". ''Air University Review''. Volume 21, p.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=QQRNAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA73 73], n.&nbsp;8.</ref>

==Career==
Lukas worked at [[Tennessee Technological University]] for 26 years from 1963, first as an [[assistant professor]] until 1966, then [[associate professor]] until 1969,<ref name=directory1979p771/> and [[professor]] from then until 1989. He moved from Tennessee that year to [[Wright State University]], teaching at its Lake campus until 1992.<ref name=Who'sWho/> After this he worked as an [[adjunct professor]] of history at the [[Fort Myers]] campus of the [[University of South Florida]] until retiring in 1995.<ref name=Clarke2002p13>Clarke, Frances M. (2002). "Mining the Measures of the Valley of the Shadow". ''Perspectives: Newsletter of the American Historical Association''. Volume 40, p.&nbsp;13.</ref><ref>[https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1350-2.html "About the Author"]. "Forgotten Survivors". University Press of Kansas.</ref>

==Publication history==
As a graduate student, Lukas was a contributor to the project that resulted in the publication of ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II'' (1961).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEkJEX_sKXQC&pg=PT2|title=Air University Review|year=1965|page=2}}</ref>

===''Eagles East''===
{{main|Eagles East: The Army Air Forces and the Soviet Union, 1941-1945}}
Lukas's first book, ''[[Eagles East: The Army Air Forces and the Soviet Union, 1941-1945]]'' (1970), a military-diplomatic study based on his doctoral dissertation, earned him the national history award of the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]].<ref name=directory1979p771/>

[[R. S. Hughes]] writing for the ''[[Military Affairs]]'' commended the book for its "extensive and detailed coverage of Allied-Soviet relations during World War II", and noted that it is particularly helpful for its discussion of the [[Lend-Lease]] program.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hughes|first1=R. H.|last2=Lukas|first2=Richard C.|date=February 1972|title=Eagles East.|journal=Military Affairs|volume=36|issue=1|pages=36|doi=10.2307/1983912|jstor=1983912}}</ref> [[Raymond L. Garthoff]] reviewing the book for the ''[[Slavic Review]]'' wrote that it is a "useful study" and "recommended reading" for those interested in the political-military history of USA-USSR relations during World War II with regard to interactions between the U.S. Army Air Forces and the USSR.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Garthoff|first=Raymond L.|date=December 1971|title=Eagles East: The Army Air Forces and the Soviet Union, 1941-1945. By Richard C. Lukas. Tallahassee: Florida State University Press, 1970. ix, 256 pp. $10.00.|journal=Slavic Review|language=en|volume=30|issue=4|pages=895–896|doi=10.2307/2493873|jstor=2493873|s2cid=164613462 |issn=0037-6779|doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[James J. Hudson]] in ''[[The American Historical Review]]'' called the book "an excellent example of military-diplomatic history".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hudson|first1=James J.|last2=Sims|first2=Edward H.|last3=Lukas|first3=Richard C.|date=April 1973|title=Fighter Tactics and Strategy, 1914-1970.|journal=The American Historical Review|volume=78|issue=2|pages=407|doi=10.2307/1861180|jstor=1861180}}</ref> Sam Frank, in his review for ''[[The Journal of American History]]'', wrote that the book "reflects extensive research and effective writing. An excellent balance has been achieved between factual presentation and interpretation."<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Frank|first1=Sam H.|last2=Lukas|first2=Richard C.|date=December 1971|title=Eagles East: The Army Air Forces and the Soviet Union, 1941-1945|journal=The Journal of American History|volume=58|issue=3|pages=800|doi=10.2307/1893804|jstor=1893804}}</ref>

===''The Strange Allies'' and ''Bitter Legacy''===
{{main|The Strange Allies: Poland and the United States, 1941-1945|Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II}}
Lukas wrote two scholarly books on Allied wartime and American post-war relations with Poland. His book, ''[[The Strange Allies: Poland and the United States, 1941-1945]]'' (1978) concerned the relationship between the United States and the [[Polish government-in-exile]] and highlighted the impact of [[Polish Americans|American Polonia]] in [[Poland–United States relations|United States-Polish relations]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bromke|first=Adam|date=December 1979|title=The Strange Allies: The United States and Poland, 1941- 1945. By Richard C. Lukas. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1978. x, 230 pp. $12.50.|journal=Slavic Review|language=en|volume=38|issue=4|pages=700–701|doi=10.2307/2496606|jstor=2496606|s2cid=164588038 |issn=0037-6779|doi-access=free}}</ref> The sequel to ''The Strange Allies'' was ''[[Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II]]'' (1982), which dealt with postwar Polish history and Polish-American relations, as well as the aid that was extended to Poland after [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mason|first=David S.|date=1983|title=Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II. By Richard C. Lukas. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1982. vii, 191 pp. $16.00.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0037677900084515/type/journal_article|journal=Slavic Review|language=en|volume=42|issue=4|pages=708–709|doi=10.2307/2497400|jstor=2497400|s2cid=165043903 |issn=0037-6779|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Jerzy Jan Lerski|George J. Lerski]] reviewing the book for ''The American Historical Review'' called it an "important and well-documented study" featuring "impeccable research in primary and secondary sources".<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Lerski |first=George J. |date=October 1, 1983 |title=Richard C. Lukas. Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 1982. Pp. 191. $16.00 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/88/4/1103/113255 |journal=The American Historical Review |language=en |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=1103–1104 |doi=10.1086/ahr/88.4.1103 |issn=0002-8762|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===''The Forgotten Holocaust''===
{{main|The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944}}
''The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944'' (1986) is Lukas's most famous work and has been re-published in two subsequent editions (1997 and 2012, with a foreword by historian [[Norman Davies]]).<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=Lukaswebsite>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richardclukas.com/|title=Richard C. Lukas: World War II Historian|website=richardclukas.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> It focuses on the sufferings of ethnic Poles in German- and Soviet-occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945.<ref name=Hetnal1986>{{Cite journal|last=Hetnal|first=Adam A.|date=1986|title=The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/the-forgotten-holocaust-the-poles-under-german-occupation-19391944-by-richard-c-lukas-lexington-university-press-of-kentucky-1986-x-300-pp-illustrations-2400-cloth/8D801C6F6D9300AFD1F2AEE55D551774|journal=Slavic Review|language=en|volume=45|issue=3|pages=579–580|doi=10.2307/2499086|jstor=2499086|s2cid=164308089 |issn=0037-6779|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Reviewers had differing views of the book.<ref name="Engel1986"/><ref name="WaPoFHReview">{{Cite news|last=Marrus|first=Michael R.|date=March 30, 1986|title=Poland Under the Jackboot|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1986/03/30/poland-under-the-jackboot/64815ab4-0a02-4b29-8f3d-1542d4fbd8a3/}}</ref><ref name="Sanford-1986">{{Cite journal|last=Sanford|first=George|date=January 1, 1986|title=The forgotten holocaust: the Poles under German occupation 1939–1944|url=https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/63/1/125/2514468|journal=International Affairs|language=en|volume=63|issue=1|pages=125|doi=10.2307/2620272|jstor=2620272|issn=0020-5850|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Hetnal1986/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanford|first=George|date=January 1, 1986|title=The forgotten holocaust: the Poles under German occupation 1939–1944|url=https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/63/1/125/2514468|journal=International Affairs|language=en|volume=63|issue=1|pages=125|doi=10.2307/2620272|jstor=2620272|issn=0020-5850|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sword|first=Keith|date=1988|title=Review of Forgotten Holocaust. The Poles under German Occupation, 1939-1944|journal=The Slavonic and East European Review|volume=66|issue=2|pages=316–318|issn=0037-6795|jstor=4209789}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Madanay|first=Farrah|date=2014|title=The Forgotten Holocaust The Poles under German Occupation 1939-1944|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=39707|journal=The Sarmatian Review|language=en|volume=XXXIV|issue=3|pages=1867–1869|issn=1059-5872}} [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/914/914madana.pdf Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wynot|first1=Edward D.|last2=Lukas|first2=Richard C.|date=February 1987|title=The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles under German Occupation, 1939-1944|journal=The American Historical Review|volume=92|issue=1|pages=172|doi=10.2307/1862884|jstor=1862884}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thompson|first=Ewa M.|author-link = Ewa Thompson|date=1998|title=Reflections on Richard Lukas' The Forgotten Holocaust|url=http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/498/thompson.html|journal=The Sarmatian Review|volume=XVIII|issue=2}}</ref> [[Donald E. Pienkos]] published a review in the ''Slavic Review'' (1986) that he later described as "generally praising the book";<ref name=":1" /> it was followed by a critical review by [[David Engel (historian)|David Engel]] in the same venue describing Lukas's book as a one-sided rebuke of "Jewish historians" and detailing "distortion, misrepresentation, and inaccuracy" in the book.<ref name="Engel1986">Engel, David (1987). "Poles, Jews, and Historical Objectivity". ''Slavic Review''. 46(3-4): 568–580. {{JSTOR|2498105}}{{pb}}Lukas, Richard C. (1987). "[Poles, Jews, and Historical Objectivity]: A Response". ''Slavic Review''. 46(3-4): 581–590. {{JSTOR|2498106}}</ref> An extensive correspondence followed among Lukas, Engel, and others in ''Slavic Review''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Pienkos|first1=Donald|last2=Engel|first2=David|last3=Redlich|first3=Shimon|last4=Maurer|first4=Jadwiga|last5=Lukas|first5=Richard C.|date=1991|title=Ongoing Discussion|journal=Slavic Review|volume=50|issue=3|pages=738–752|doi=10.2307/2499914|issn=0037-6779|jstor=2499914|doi-access=free}}</ref> Michael R. Marrus wrote in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that "Lukas tells this story with an outrage properly contained within the framework of a scholarly narrative" but criticized what he felt was an unjustified "sustained polemic against Jewish historians".<ref name="WaPoFHReview"/> [[George Sanford (political scientist)|George Sanford]] noted in ''[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]]'' that in tackling the subject of the suffering of ethnic Poles, Lukas's work is "strictly objective and academic in tone, presentation and content. But the underlying purpose is inevitably a polemical one, as he has to rake over the smouldering ashes of numerous sensitive controversies."<ref name="Sanford-1986"/>

=== ''Out of the Inferno'' ===
''[[Out of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust]]'' (1989) is a volume edited by Lukas dealing with memoirs of Poles concerning the Holocaust. [[John Klier]] noted in his review in ''[[The Slavonic and East European Review]]'' that the book is "a useful contribution" to the literature about The Holocaust in Poland.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Klier|first=John D.|date=1991|title=Review of Out of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4210644|journal=The Slavonic and East European Review|volume=69|issue=2|pages=381–382|jstor=4210644|issn=0037-6795}}</ref> [[Jerzy Jan Lerski]] writing for ''[[The Polish Review]]'' called the book "timely", but noted it is the weakest of Lukas's books up to date, criticizing it as "uneven, poorly organized and [lacking] focus".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=LERSKI|first=GEORGE J.|date=1990|title=Review of Out of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust|journal=The Polish Review|volume=35|issue=3/4|pages=350–351|jstor=25778533|issn=0032-2970}}</ref> The book was also reviewed in German by [[Dieter Pohl]] for ''{{ill|Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas|de}}''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pohl |first=Dieter |date=1992 |title=Review of Out of the Inferno. Poles Remember the Holocaust; The Jews and the Poles in World War II; 'My Brother's Keeper?' Recent Polish Debates on the Holocaust |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41048819 |journal=Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=280–281 |jstor=41048819 |issn=0021-4019}}</ref>

=== ''Did the Children Cry?'' ===
{{main|Did the Children Cry?: Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939–45}}

Lukas' next book, ''[[Did the Children Cry?: Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939–45]]'' (1994), deals with the topic of [[Nazi crimes against children]]. [[Karl Schleunes|Karl A. Schleunes]] in his review of the book for ''The American Historical Review'' noted that it deals with an under-researched topic, and is a valuable contribution to studies of [[Germanisation|Germanization]] and the Holocaust. Schleunes writes that "Lukas makes it a point... to stress 'the commonality of suffering of Jewish and Polish children', an effort in which he largely succeeds."<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Schleunes|first1=Karl A.|last2=Lukas|first2=Richard C.|date=April 1996|title=Did the Children Cry? Hitler's War against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-1945.|journal=The American Historical Review|volume=101|issue=2|pages=520|doi=10.2307/2170499|jstor=2170499}}</ref> [[Barbara Tepa Lupack]], in ''[[The Polish Review]]'', wrote that "Lukas in the current volume provides a gripping portrait of the Nazis' systematic genocide plan for all of Poland as well as an excellent analysis of the relationship between Poland's Jewish and gentile communities".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lupack|first=Barbara Tepa|date=1996|title=Review of Did the Children Cry? Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-45|journal=The Polish Review|volume=41|issue=3|pages=359–361|jstor=25778946|issn=0032-2970}}</ref>

The book received the [[Janusz Korczak]] Literary Award from the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL). The prize was withdrawn by ADL executives,{{When|date=January 2025}}{{Why|date=January 2025}} then reinstated, leading to a controversy.<ref name="Lukaswebsite" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Ernst |first=Eric |date=March 22, 1996 |title=Quarrel Over Book Ends With Award |newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0EAFE9A2235205C1&f=basic |accessdate=November 19, 2023 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231119101703/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0EAFE9A2235205C1&f=basic |archivedate=November 19, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Goska2002">{{cite thesis |author=Goska |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/305511507 |title=Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype and Its Application in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture |publisher=Indiana University |first=Danusha Veronica |date=2002 |degree=PhD |page=54; 83| id={{ProQuest|305511507}} }}</ref>

=== ''Forgotten Survivors'' ===
Lukas's continuing interest in the Polish tragedy during World War II culminated in his final volume, the ''Forgotten Survivors: Polish Christians Remember the Nazi Occupation'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/wwii-book-review-forgotten-survivors.htm|title=WWII Book Review: Forgotten Survivors|last=Rossino|first=Alexander B.|author-link = Alexander B. Rossino|date=September 19, 2019|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> Isabel Wollaston in her review of the book for ''The Slavonic and East European Review'' noted that "if approached as a memorial volume and/or a collection of oral histories, this is a fascinating book", but due to methodological issues and containing mostly primary accounts, "it should be handled with care and needs to be supplemented and contextualized from other sources if it is to be used for scholarly purposes".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wollaston|first=Isabel|date=2006|title=Review of Forgotten Survivors: Polish Christians Remember the Nazi Occupation|journal=The Slavonic and East European Review|volume=84|issue=4|pages=772–773|doi=10.1353/see.2006.0038 |jstor=4214378|s2cid=247623081 |issn=0037-6795}}</ref>

=== ''The Torpedo Season'' ===
In 2021 Lukas published ''The Torpedo Season: Growing Up during World War II'', a [[memoir]] of his experiences as a Polish-American child growing up during World War II. A review by John M. Grondelski for the {{Interlanguage link|Studia Polonijne|lt=''Studia Polonijne''|qid=Q96733031}} stated that the book has insights on "sociological impact of the War on American life" and "the challenges of growing up a Polish-American boy in the United States", and concludes it is a useful work for understanding the American [[Polish diaspora|Polonia]].<ref name=":0" />
==Bibliography==
===Books===
* ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II'' (contributing author), USGPO, 1961; Franklin Watts, 1963.
* ''Eagles East: The Army Air Forces and the Soviet Union, 1941-1945'', Florida State University Press, 1970, {{ISBN|0-8130-0428-4}}.
* ''From Metternich to the Beatles'', Mentor, 1973, {{ISBN|0-451-61191-8}}.
* ''The Strange Allies: the United States and Poland, 1941-1945'', University of Tennessee Press, 1978, {{ISBN|0-87049-229-2}}.
* ''Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II'', University Press of Kentucky, 1982, {{ISBN|0-8131-1460-8}}.
* ''Out of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust'', University Press of Kentucky, 1989, {{ISBN|0-8131-1692-9}}.
* ''The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944'', University of Kentucky Press, 1986; Hippocrene Books, 1990; second revised edition, 1997; third revised edition, 2012, {{ISBN|0-7818-0901-0}}.
* ''Did the Children Cry: Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-1945'', Hippocrene Books, 1994, {{ISBN|0-7818-0870-7}}; second edition, 2016.
* ''Forgotten Survivors: Polish Christians Remember the Nazi Occupation'', University Press of Kansas, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7006-1350-1}}.

===Articles===
* "The Polish Experience during the Holocaust," in ''A Mosaic of Victims'', New York University Press, 1990 
* [https://www.catholicleague.org/the-merchandising-of-the-holocaust-2/ "The Merchandising of the Holocaust"], ''Catalyst'' magazine, [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights]], October 31, 1997
* [https://www.catholicleague.org/of-stereotypes-and-heroes-2/ "Of Stereotypes and Heroes"], ''Catalyst'' magazine, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, July–August 2002
* "Their Legacy is Life", ''Canadian Messenger'', 1991
* "[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400825813.430/html?lang=en Jedwabne and the Selling of the Holocaust]", ''Inside the Vatican'', November 2001; reprinted in ''The Neighbors Respond: The Controversy over the Jedwabne Massacre in Poland'', Princeton University Press, 2004 
* "[https://www.franciscanmedia.org/st-anthony-messenger/irena-sendler-world-war-ii-s-polish-angel/ Irena Sendler: World War II's Polish Angel]", ''St. Anthony Messenger'', August 2008
* (in Polish) "''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022033632/http://www.monitor-polski.pl/holokaust-polakow-rozmowa-z-prof-richardem-lukasem/ Rozmowa z Prof. Richardem Lukasem]''" ("A Conversation with Prof. Richard Lukas"), ''Uwazam Rze Historia'', ''wrzesień'' (September) 2012
* "The Encounter" (fiction), ''Liguorian'', March 2013
* "God and Country: Catholic Chaplains during World War II", ''The Priest'', June 2014
* "I'll Be Seeing You: The Warsaw Uprising and the Akins Crew", ''The Elks Magazine'', June 2014
* "To Save a Life," ''The Priest'', January 2015
* "[https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/marcus-shook-a-mississippi-hero Marcus Shook: A Mississippi Hero]," in ''Mississippi History Now'', November 2016
* "[https://www.liguorian.org/dont-sit-on-the-torpedo/ Don't Sit on the Torpedo!]" (memoir excerpt), ''Liguorian'', November 2017
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20230518215228/https://www.polamjournal.com/editorial.html Is It History or Propaganda?]" Polish American Journal, May-June, 2023
* "[https://thepriest.com/2024/04/15/a-man-for-all-seasons-father-jan-januszewski/ A Man for All Seasons: Rev. Jan Januszewski]," The Priest, May, 2024

==Awards==
He has received awards for his work:
* National History Award of the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (1971)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" /><ref name="directory1979p771" />
* Fellow, [[American Council of Learned Societies]], (1980)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" />
* [[Doctor of Humane Letters]], from [[Alliance College]], (1987)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" /><ref name="Who'sWho" />
* [[Kosciuszko Foundation]]'s Joseph B. Slotkowski Publication Fund Achievement Award<ref name="Lukaswebsite" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/january-2002/historian-receives-slotkowski-award|title=Historian Receives Slotkowski Award {{!}} Perspectives on History {{!}} AHA|website=www.historians.org|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Order of Polonia Restituta]], from the Government of Poland (1988)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" />
* Janusz Korczak Literary Award, from the [[Anti-Defamation League|Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith]] (1994)<ref name="jta">[https://www.jta.org/1996/03/11/archive/imbroglio-erupts-over-adl-prize-to-controversial-holocaust-book Imbroglio Erupts over ADL Prize to Controversial Holocaust Book], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 11, 1996.</ref>
* [[American Council for Polish Culture]] Cultural Achievement Award (1994)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" />
* Waclaw Jedrzejewicz History Award, from the [[Józef Piłsudski Institute of America]] (2000)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=IJP |title=Awardees |url=https://www.pilsudski.org/en/pi-awards |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=www.pilsudski.org |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* The [[Catholic Press Association]] Award (2009)<ref name="Lukaswebsite" />
* Mieczyslaw Haiman Award, presented by the [[Polish American Historical Association]], (2013)<ref name="Studies">{{cite journal |at=Miecislaus Haiman Award |url=http://polishamericanstudies.org/text/29/haiman-award.html |author=Polish American Historical Association |year=2012 |title=Richard Lukas |website=PolishAmericanStudies.org}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.richardclukas.com/ Richard C. Lukas's homepage]
* [http://www.polishlibrary.org/review/bitter_legacy.htm Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of the World War II] - Book review.
* [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Esarmatia/106/261cooke.html Forgotten Survivors. Polish Christians Remember the Nazi Occupation] - Book review, ''The Sarmatian Review'', January 2006

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