Ataki na Bramę
Attacks Against the Gate

Summary/Abstract: A discussion and an analysis of activity motivated by hatred and aimed against Tomasz Pietrasiewicz and the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre, which he directs. Within this campaign both the seat of the Centre (a site commemorating the exterminated Jews of Lublin) and Pietrasiewicz’s flat became the target of attacks launched by anti-Semites. Initially, the investigative authorities down-played the incidents, an attitude that resulted in an organized anti-Semitic poster campaign conducted across Lublin. The specific climate of consent accompanying those occurrences stirred the indignation of numerous NGOs (including Amnesty International) defending human rights, which demanded a determined reaction on part of the authorities. years later, the perpetrators of the anti-Semitic campaign were ultimately apprehended and tried. The presented animosities directed against Pietrasiewicz and the Gate (as well as a reconstruction of the associated sequence of events and the accompanying atmosphere) suggest a thesis about the revival of fascism in Lublin and the silent acquiescence of many local residents.

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