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Why the museum
Author(s): Gebert, Konstanty
Date: 2008
Topics: Holocaust Memorials, Holocaust Education, Jewish Museums, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Memory, Jewish Heritage
Abstract: The article debates the context of the creation of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews which is to open in Warsaw, Poland, in 2010. It analyzes the disappearance of Jewish history from Polish memory after the Shoah, the importance of that history for Poles and Jews alike, and the impact the museum should have for a deepened understanding of their shared, if contested past.
Wars of memory
Author(s): Gebert, Konstanty
Date: 2008
Topics: Holocaust Memorials, Holocaust Commemoration, Holocaust Education, Holocaust, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Educational Tours
Abstract: The article analyzes conflicting Polish and Jewish perspectives on the Shoah, and the impact of the March of the Living on these perspectives. It compares the bitter historical debates between Poles and Jews on Polish-Jewish relations to internal Polish polemics on post-war Polish history, describes mutual misperceptions involved, and postulates an intensification of the debate