Debates on remembrance, in the context of last‑century Polish‑Jewish relations. Media resonance of mutual associations against the background of the 50th anniversary of March 1968 events in the weekly magazines „Polityka” and „Sieci” Cover Image

Debaty o pamięci w kontekście relacji polsko‑żydowskich ostatniego stulecia. Rezonans medialny wzajemnych stosunków na tle obchodów 50. Rocznicy wydarzeń Marca 1968 na łamach tygodników „Polityka” i „Sieci”
Debates on remembrance, in the context of last‑century Polish‑Jewish relations. Media resonance of mutual associations against the background of the 50th anniversary of March 1968 events in the weekly magazines „Polityka” and „Sieci”

Author(s): Bernardyna Zemła
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: antisemitism; political history; Polish‑Jewish relations

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this article is drawing a general outline of Polish‑Jewish relations in years between 1918—2018 while analysing contemporary image of these relations that has been shaped through bipolar political narration in two ways: heroically nostaligic and critical. I will try to prove that story of common past, having great impact on the image of our nation, has now become yet another front line of ideological division of Polish society. As relentless dispute about antisemitism in times of independent Poland continues, it intensifies with current events that evoke it, such as amendment of act about Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and commemorations of important events: liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, riots in ghetto in Warsaw, Polish March of 1968. I will also present points of disagreement in historiography of Polish and Jewish experiences as well as analysis of media reaction about infamous events of March ‘68 that arose during spring of 2018 by occasion of their 50th anniversary, using examples from weekly magazines of opinion “Polityka” and “Sieci”.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 159-195
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Polish