Description

• Title:
  Dead Rescuers: The Commemoration of Poles Who Lost Their Lives Saving Jews During the Second World War
• Creator:
  Łysak, Tomasz
• Description:
  After their electoral victory in 2015, the Law and Justice party started a counter-revolution in historical policy, intended to undermine critical historiography on the Holocaust. As a result, “dead rescuers,” Poles who lost their lives saving Jews during the Second World War, are commemorated by a host of institutions: a government-sponsored research institute, museums, and the Catholic Church. This commemoration borrows its aesthetics from earlier practices established in Holocaust memory: post-traumatic architecture, lists of victims, and micro-history to boost national pride and defend the good name of Poland abroad. Memory actors receive financial support from the government, becoming a mouthpiece for its reclaiming of the past for ethnonationalist ends.  
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Tomasz Łysak;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2023.12.29
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Porównania; Vol. 34 No. 2 (2023): Central European traumas – the space that doesn’t want to go away; 123-138;
  Porównania; Tom 34 Nr 2 (2023): Środkowoeuropejskie traumy - przestrzeń, która nie chce przeminąć; 123-138;
  1733-165X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/p/article/view/34167/35573
• Subject:
  dead rescuers;
  Righteous Among the Nations;
  Holocaust memory;
  historical policy;
  memorials
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/p/article/view/34167
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text