World War II and Two Occupations; Dilemmas of Polish Memory (12) (Geschichte – Erinnerung – Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics)

by Anna Wolff-Poweska (Editor), Piotr Forecki (Editor)

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Hardcover
2016
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This anthology presents the work of several authors from different academic disciplines. Film and literature experts, sociologists, historians and theatrologists analyse the Polish memory of the Nazi and Stalinist occupations, which are key components of Polish collective identity. Before the political turn of 1989, the memory of World War II was strictly controlled by the state. The elements of memory related to the Soviet occupation were eradicated, as well as any other elements that did not fit the official narrative about the war. Unblocking the hitherto limited public discourse resulted in the process of filling the blank pages of history and the development of different and frequently conflicting communities of memory.

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This anthology presents the work of several authors from different academic disciplines. Film and literature experts, sociologists, historians and theatrologists analyse the Polish memory of the Nazi and Stalinist occupations, which are key components of Polish collective identity. Before the political turn of 1989, the memory of World War II was strictly controlled by the state. The elements of memory related to the Soviet occupation were eradicated, as well as any other elements that did not fit the official narrative about the war. Unblocking the hitherto limited public discourse resulted in the process of filling the blank pages of history and the development of different and frequently conflicting communities of memory.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 284
Edition: New
Publisher: Peter Lang D
Published: 01 May 2016
ISBN 10: 3631663005
ISBN 13: 9783631663004

Author Bio

Anna Wolff-Poweska is Professor of History and Political Sciences at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Faculty Poznan). She was associated with the Institute for Western Affairs and the Adam Mickiewicz University at Poznan (Poland). She researches Polish-German relations, and political ideas in Europe.
Piotr Forecki is Assistant Professor at the Section of Political Culture at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland). His academic research concerns the Polish memory of the Holocaust, the representation of the Holocaust in films and comics, and anti-Semitism in public discourse in Poland.