Marzec a Zagłada – płaszczyzny spotkania
March 1968 and the Shoah: the Common Grounds
Author(s): Sławomir BuryłaSubject(s): Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: totalitarianism; 1968; Holocaust; literature; caricature; antisemitism;
Summary/Abstract: This article is a synthetic study on major issues related to the events of 1968 in Poland and their similarity to the atmosphere at the time of the Holocaust. The author presents analogies and differences between the antisemitic campaign of 1968 and the Shoah, analyzing: (1) the rhetoric of journalistic texts and political speeches; (2) works of art; (3) literary representations; and (4) memories of the victims. The main material for the analysis consists of prose texts—novels and short stories—written both in the late 1960s and after the political transformation of 1989.
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 22/2019
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 305-328
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Polish