Title:

State politics and local celebrations: Commemorations of Kraków’s Jewish past

Subtitle:

Etnografia Polska 63 z. 1-2 (2019)

Creator:

Kajder, Kaja

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2019

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

commemorations ; heritage ; Kraków Jews ; The Amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance ; Kraków ghetto ; March ’68

Abstract:

In 2018, two dates were particularly important for the Kraków’s commemorations: the 75th Anniversary of the Liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto and the 50th anniversary of March ’68. At the beginning of the year, The Amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) was presented, which is more widely known as Poland’s new ‚Holocaust law’. The question of legal regulation of the usage of the term ‚Polish death camps’ polarized public opinion and revealed existing divisions between different narratives concerning World War II and perspectives on the past in contemporary Poland ; The article aims to investigate how official politics of the state toward the past is reflected in locally held anniversaries and commemorations. The influence of the public debate during the celebration of March of Remembrance, the anniversary of March ’68, and related events, has reflected in people’s opinions and emotions. Discourse analysis and ethnographic research reveal how the past is interpreted in those circumstances and show the complexity of relationships between enduring and counter-narratives about the past

Relation:

Etnografia Polska

Volume:

63

Issue:

1-2

Start page:

169

End page:

184

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

0071-1861 ; doi:10.23858/EP63.2019.011

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P 325 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 326 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 327 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open