Description
Book SynopsisThis anthology presents the work of several authors from different academic disciplines. Film and literature experts, sociologists, historians and theatrologists analyse the Polish memory of the Nazi and Stalinist occupations, which are key components of Polish collective identity. Before the political turn of 1989, the memory of World War II was strictly controlled by the state. The elements of memory related to the Soviet occupation were eradicated, as well as any other elements that did not fit the official narrative about the war. Unblocking the hitherto limited public discourse resulted in the process of filling the blank pages of history and the development of different and frequently conflicting communities of memory.
Table of ContentsContents: World War II – Politics of Memory – Victims, Polish People’s Republic – Soviet Occupation of Poland – German Occupation of Poland – Museums and Memory Policy – Polish Film – Representation of the Soviet Occupation – Polish Theatre – Collective Memory – Stalinism – Nazism – Stereotypes – Biographical experience – Schoolbooks.
