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Holocaust Memory in Folk Narration

Author(s): Dionizjusz Czubala
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Oral history, History of Judaism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: folklore; recollective accounts; oral history;

Summary/Abstract: This article includes information about the currently edited collection of wartime recollective accounts of the Holocaust. It is an authentic record of field research conducted in the southern part of the Świętokrzyskie Province. The author presents the subject matter of these narratives, emphasizing their folkloristic character. He lays most stress on the largely unnoticed though still important current of folk reckoning with the war and occupation.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 203-229
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish