I Became Only Pole. The Autobiographical Narratives ­Women who Survived from the Massacres of Poles in Eastern Galicia in the Years 1943–1944 Cover Image

Stałam się już tylko Polką. Narracje biograficzne kobiet ocalonych z czystki etnicznej w Galicji Wschodniej w latach 1943–1944
I Became Only Pole. The Autobiographical Narratives ­Women who Survived from the Massacres of Poles in Eastern Galicia in the Years 1943–1944

Author(s): Marcelina Jakimowicz
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: autobiographical narrative; difficult memory; Ukraine; ethnic cleansing; women survivors; war; identity

Summary/Abstract: The article is the result of research carried out in the Lviv region of Ukraine, author of the object of interest has made the experience of salvation from the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia – carried out in Nazi German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the years 1943–1944.The text describes the interpretation of the memories of survivors women and the impact of traumatic events on their identity. The narratives are examples of problematization memory unit associated with the experience of the border. In the text the author presented the interpretation of the life of interviewees and their attempt to cope with the tragic memories associated with the Massacres of Poles in Eastern Galicia.

  • Issue Year: 43/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 109-121
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish