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Jews and Poles in the Holocaust Exhibitions of Kraków, 1980–2013

Between Urban Past and National Memory

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  • Offers a unique approach to memory studies by focusing on local memory work conducted across the divide of the fall of Communism
  • Examines the ways in which the Holocaust has been exhibited in Kraków
  • Investigates the impact local memory work has had on Polish collective memory and problematizes the importance of the fall of Communism for memory work

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Janek Gryta
    Pages 1-35
  3. Conclusion

    • Janek Gryta
    Pages 137-146
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 147-148

About this book

This book offers a unique approach to memory studies by focusing on local memory work conducted across the divide of the fall of Communism, whereas other histories have consistently used 1989 as a watershed moment. By examining the ways in which the Holocaust has been exhibited in Kraków, it investigates the impact local memory work has had on Polish collective memory and problematizes the importance of the fall of Communism for memory work. Using the Polish case study, it contributes to international debates on the nature of urban memory. It brings to the fore the role of mid-ranking governmental and municipal activists for local remembrance, investigates the relationship between the form and the content of the exhibitions, and highlights the importance of authenticity and emotional evocations for Holocaust remembrance. In particular, it focuses on the emergence of cosmopolitan memory of the Holocaust, a process with local, Kraków, sources. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Janek Gryta

About the author

Janek Gryta is a Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jews and Poles in the Holocaust Exhibitions of Kraków, 1980–2013

  • Book Subtitle: Between Urban Past and National Memory

  • Authors: Janek Gryta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38979-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38978-9Published: 28 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38981-9Published: 28 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38979-6Published: 27 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 148

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of World War II and the Holocaust, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Memory Studies, Cultural History, Social History

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eBook USD 44.99
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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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