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TitlePersonalization of the memory of Holocaust victims in Polish cinema and museum exhibitions after 1989

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Amelia Korzeniewski Korzeniewska , Bartosz

Call number940.5318/0479

Object number09176g

Place of publicationWarsaw, Poland

PublisherEuropean Network Remembrance and Solidarity

Year of publication

2016

Physical descriptionpp137-158

MaterialArticle

Series titleR&S Studies No. 5

NotesArticle from the book 'Remembrance and solidarity : studies in 20th century European history'. pp137-158

Description

Offers a description of an important strand in Polish memory of the Holocaust after the radical change of 1989, the personalization and individualization of remembering the victims, using as an example two cultural memory carriers: historical cinema and exhibitions. At museum exhibitions, such trends manifest themselves by, for example, putting a face to genocide victims by showcasing photographs that document their private lives and histories from before the Holocaust. In cinematography, in turn, focus can be observed on the individual and unique experiences of the victims and emphasis placed on emotions, as well as presenting the internal complexity of the protagonists. This article aims to describe the multitude of manifestations of personalization in cultural memory, sketching the foundations and the factors conditioning this personalization against the backdrop of the transformation of the Polish cultural memory of the Holocaust.

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