Beschreibung
Wóycicka reconstructs Polish controversies surrounding the memory and commemoration of Nazi concentration camps in the initial postwar years and describes how these debates were silenced under Stalinism. Using comparisons with other European countries, she explores which phenomena were specific for Poland and which had a broad character.
Autorenportrait
Zofia Wóycicka studied history and sociology at the University of Warsaw (Poland), where she received her PhD in 2007. In the following years, Wóycicka worked at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Since 2010 she has been Assisting Professor at the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw. Currently she works as curator at the House of European History in Brussels.
Rezension
«Insgesamt ist die Lektüre von Zofia Wóycickas Studie sehr zu empfehlen – nicht allein wegen der Analyse historischer Konfliktlinien polnischer Erinnerungskultur, sondern auch für ein besseres Verständnis von Kontroversen in der heutigen Erinnerungskultur auf internationaler Ebene.» (Sara Berger, H-Soz-u-Kult 4.7.2014)
Inhalt
Contents: Memory and Commemoration – Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps – Memory of the Second World War – Auschwitz – The Holocaust – Social Memory – Museums and Memorials – Stalinism.
