"JEST WIELKA RÓŻNICA MIĘDZY MNĄ A TOBĄ". WULNERABILNOŚĆ OBOZOWYCH PIPLI
"THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOU." VULNERABILITY AMONG CONCENTRATION CAMP PIPELS

Summary/Abstract: The article transposes the metaphor of "layers of vulnerability" proposed by Florencia Luna and, more broadly, reflects on groups deemed vulnerable to the conditions of the Nazi concentration camps. Scholarly reflections on vulnerability, wartime sexuality, and sexual violence are used to critically examine the condition of one of the most marginalized prisoner categories: the so-called pipels. Examples drawn from the discourse of the dominant group (former Polish political prisoners), including a caustic denunciation of a Polish pipel found in one memoir, serve to illustrate the situational and structural dimensions of vulnerability experienced by young prisoners like him. When appropriately contextualized, these sources demonstrate that the vulnerability of this minority group becomes evident even in mediated representations of their experiences.

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