Ofiara czy terrorysta? Przypadek Herschela Grynszpana w wybranych relacjach prasowych z listopada 1938 roku
Victim or Terrorist? The Case of Herschel Grynszpan in Light of the Chosen Press Releases from November 1938
Author(s): Katarzyna Christianus-GiletaSubject(s): Cultural history, Communication studies, Social history, History of Judaism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: localism; Jewish press; Herschel Grynszpan; Kristallnacht
Summary/Abstract: This paper is concerned with the “trans-localism” in Jewish press releases all over the world inNovember 1938, which appeared as a result of the assassination of Ernst vom Rath (the third secretaryof the German Embassy in France), carried out in Paris by the young Jewish immigrant from Germany – Herschel Grynszpan – in revenge for the mass displacement of Ostjuden from Germany to Poland, which also affected his family. This article also shows local differences in reactions to this crime in non-Jewish press; they were based not only on localization but also on the political bias of a certain publication. The press releases created after the Grynszpan’s assault are examples of constructing memory based on a written word – for some Herschel Grynszpan was a victim of Nazi repression sagainst Jews in Germany, for others he was a tool for “the conspiracy of the world Jewry”.
Journal: Prace Literaturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 19-31
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish