Piąta rocznica powstania wgetcie warszawskim wświetle dokumentów archiwalnych Centralne- go Komitetu Żydów w Polsce
The Fifth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the Light of Archival Documents at the Central Committee of Polish Jews

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising seen through the prism of archival material at the archive of the Central Committee of Polish Jews. Mioduszewska-Wajszczak focuses on the organisation of the celebration in 1948, presenting its global dimension (with delegates from all over the world and a careful propaganda campaign) as well as the local dimension, as the event was understood in the context of the city of Warsaw. The Committee’s efforts to shape postwar memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are discussed, as well as the probable goals of commemorating the fighting within the ghetto. Mioduszewska-Wajszczak shows that these goals were not necessarily achieved.

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