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Insignificant People Experience the Violence of World War II: On the Need to Study Testimonies of Powerlessness

Summary/Abstract: Dauksza explores the relationship that can be observed in events marked by mass violence, especially World War II. She argues that Raul Hilberg’s relationship model – perpetrator-victim-bystander – makes it more difficult for us to understand the actual complexity of the act of violence. These events hinge on a changing political, class and symbolical framework. Dauksha refers to the concept of insignificant people, understood as people in the background who remain helpless – the so-called majority. They are the main victims of war. Every testimony of war combines two aspects: the helplessness/ weakness of individuals in the face of overwhelming events and the agency of the act of testifying. Dauksza also considers the institutional and political causes and consequences of European anti-Semitism, their manifestations during World War II, including PolishJewish relations.

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