Why Am I Still Thinking about World War II? Post-memory Experience of Sacha Batthyany Cover Image

Dlaczego nadal myślę o wojnie? Doświadczenie pospamięci Sachy Batthyany'ego
Why Am I Still Thinking about World War II? Post-memory Experience of Sacha Batthyany

Author(s): Justyna Nowak
Subject(s): Psychoanalysis, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: trauma; psychoanalysis; post-memory; World War II; Sacha Batthyany;

Summary/Abstract: Sacha Batthyany found out that in 1945 his aunt hosted a ball during which 180 Jews were shot by her guests. Their mass grave has not been found until today. She also helped many Nazis escape from Hungary. Sacha’s family kept these stories secret for years. For Sacha, the discovery of his family’s past becomes the beginning of a new life, recognizing the tormenting feeling of guilt as inherited from his ancestors. Can we define the sense of guilt as traumatic? We can certainly try to do it. Yet, trauma assumes different shapes and reveals its huge interpretative potential.

  • Issue Year: 17/2020
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 89-98
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish