Holocaust: revitalizing Ukrainian memory? On the 80th anniversary of the events in Babi Yar Cover Image

Holokaust: rewitalizacja ukraińskiej pamięci? W osiemdziesiątą rocznicę wydarzeń w Babim Jarze
Holocaust: revitalizing Ukrainian memory? On the 80th anniversary of the events in Babi Yar

Author(s): Agnieszka Matusiak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Holocaust; Holocaust by bullets; Babi Yar; Ukrainian History;Kyiv;

Summary/Abstract: Presented text is a research reconnaissance on the Ukrainian memorial discourse on the Holocaust carried out in Babi Yar in September 1941. Author of the article focuses primarily on the period after the Revolution of Dignity, which became a turning point in Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The subject of special attention are two competitive commemorative projects that are being implemented by Memorial Museum of the Victims of Babi Yar and Memorial Holocaust Center “Babi Yar” (BYHMC).

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-44
  • Page Count: 40
  • Language: Polish