Krótkie rozmowy o zabijaniu, albo mówiona historia pogranicza
Short conversations about killing, or oral history of the borderland
Author(s): Anna WylegałaSubject(s): Oral history, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: Eastern Galicia; Holocaust; ethnic cleansing; neighbour-on-neighbour violence; perpetrators;
Summary/Abstract: This text is about how residents of (formerly) multi-ethnic areas talk about the violence that led to the disappearance from their communities of neighbours of other ethnicities, the perpetrators of which were members of their own ethnic group. I analyse the interviews I conducted with my team in Eastern Galicia in 2017–2019, and I look at what their erstwhile Ukrainian neighbours say and how they discuss the murder of Poles and Jews during the Second World War. How willing are they to raise these issues at all? Can they be persuaded to do so? If they are willing to speak, do defensive strategies appear in their narratives? Do narratives of violence against Poles and Jews differ? In short: are some neighbours more alien than others? What is the role of the researcher in creating these narratives? What are the ethical problems of talking about killing?
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 8-29
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish