World War II and two occupations : dilemmas of Polish memory

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World War II and two occupations : dilemmas of Polish memory

Title remainder

dilemmas of Polish memory

Statement of responsibility

Anna Wolff-Powęska, Piotr Forecki (eds.) ; translated by Marta Skowrońska and Blanka Zahorjanova

Title variation

• World War 2 and two occupations
• World War Two and two occupations

Contributor

• Wolff-Powęska, Anna
• Skowrońska, Marta
• Forecki, Piotr
• Zahorjanova, Blanka

Editor

• Forecki, Piotr
• Wolff-Powęska, Anna

Translator

• Skowrońska, Marta
• Zahorjanova, Blanka

Subject

• Collective memory -- Poland
• Group identity -- Poland
• Memory -- Political aspects -- Poland
• Memory -- Social aspects -- Poland
• Poland -- History -- 1945-1980 -- Historiography
• Poland -- History -- 1980-1989 -- Historiography
• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Historiography
• Poland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Historiography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Poland

Language

• eng
• mul
• eng

Summary

"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"--

Member of

• Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik, 12

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Provided by publisher

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Geschichte-Erinnerung-Politik : Posener Studien zur Geschichts-, Kultur- und Politikwissenschaft,

Series volume

Band 12