"Called by name", or Harm and Justice Cover Image

„Zawołani po imieniu”, czyli Krzywda i Sprawiedliwość
"Called by name", or Harm and Justice

Author(s): Justyna Kowalska-Leder
Subject(s): Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, Politics of History/Memory, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: exhibition; commemoration; death for provision of help to Jews; Righteous Among the Nations; Polish historical policy;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the exhibition Called by Their Name, which opened in Warsaw in 2020. It commemorates the ethnic Poles who were murdered by the Germans during the war for helping Jews. Through a detailed analysis of the exhibition, the author of the text reveals the assumptions and objectives of the Called by Their Name Program, carried out since 2019 by the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor, which the media call “Polish Yad Vashem.”

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 721-759
  • Page Count: 39
  • Language: Polish