In a double voice: representations of the Holocaust in Polish literature 1980-2011

The stereotyped representation of the Jewish other still commonly functions in Poland as a cipher of conservative ethno-nationalsim, and negative perceptions continue to be deeply entrenched and normalized in the Polish cultural imaginary. However in recent years representations of Jews have also acquired opposite, positive connotations and have begun to function as a symbol of democratic hope in the country and of Polish society's opening up to pluralism.