TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anna Wolff-Powęska
AU  - Piotr Forecki
PY  - 2016
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2191-3528
SN  - 9783653055337
TI  - World War II and Two Occupations
T2  - Dilemmas of Polish Memory
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-05533-7
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049340
N2  - This 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.
KW  - collective memory, politics of memory, biographical experience, historical narrative
LA  - English
ER  -