„Paradis Judaeorum” – History and Contemporaneity of the „Jewish Paradise” in Poland Cover Image

„Paradis judaeorum”. Historia i współczesność żydowskiego raju w Polsce
„Paradis Judaeorum” – History and Contemporaneity of the „Jewish Paradise” in Poland

Author(s): Konrad Piwowarczyk
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Social history, History of Judaism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Memory politics; cultural politics; Polish-Jewish politics; Poland-Israel relationship

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the presented article is to show how the memory and the memory politics locate the past Polish-Jewish relations, preceding and unrelated to the holocaust. How they influence the present, the current way of thinking about the future of the Jewish nation and the Polish nation. The paper presents how important for the Jewish history Poland is and how important a part of Polish history the Jews history is, or how diverse, colorful and passionate can modern Jewish culture and society initiatives be.The text calls forth numerous contemporary initiatives of the Jewish-themed organizations,quotes of extraordinary people on the Polish-Jewish relationship.

  • Issue Year: 254/2017
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 93-104
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Polish