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Praktyki polskości
Polishness in practice

Author(s): Irena Grudzińska-Gross
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of the Holocaust, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: political use of history; Karski; Museum of Warsaw Uprising; Museum of the History of Polish Jews; Holocaustization;

Summary/Abstract: There were two phases in the post-1989 Polish historical politics as projected abroad. The initially “normal” Poland gradually transformed itself around year 2004 into a Poland of suffering and redemption. An important role in that transformation was played by the reaction to the external vision of Poland’s role and fate during the Second World War, causing the “Holocaustization” of the Polish historical self-image. The article discusses the main elements of that self-image and the way it is used.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish