Toruńskie Yad Vashem
Toruń Yad Vashem
Author(s): Alicja Podbielska Subject(s): Media studies, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: rescuing; Radio Maryja; Toruń; anti-Semitism; Holocaust memory; historical policy;
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the Toruń Park of National Memory “They behaved decently”, dedicated to Poles who rescued Jews, organized by the “Lux Veritatis” Foundation. The author looks at the project and compares them with other Tadeusz Rydzyk’s initiatives concerning Polish help and the role of the Toruń media in spreading anti-Semitic content. What is remarkable is the magnification of the number of rescuers and rescued, the symbolic merging of the Righteous with the so-called “accursed soldiers” and the emphasis laid on the role of Poles as victims and the failure to commemorate the Holocaust. The author shows how the Toruń park promotes the narration of Poles-Catholics as a nation of rescuers.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 874-883
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish