Commemorating the children of World War II in Poland : combative remembrance /

Commemorating the children of World War II in Poland : combative remembrance / Ewa Stańczyk.

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"This book explores contemporary debates surrounding Poland's 'war children', that is the young victims, participants and survivors of the Second World War. It focuses on the period after 2001 which saw the emergence of the two main political parties that were to dictate the tone...

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Main Author: Stańczyk, Ewa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Subjects:
Jewish children in the Holocaust > Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Poland > Historiography.
Children > Nazi persecution > Poland > Historiography.
Children and war > Poland > Historiography.
Collective memory > Poland.
War memorials > Poland.
Historiography.
Children.
War memorials.
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Collective memory.
Poland.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The three concepts: childhood, emotions, memory
  • 2. Children in World War II: Poland and beyond
  • 3. Pensive sadness: the forgotten children's camp in Litzmannstadt/Łódź
  • 4. Moral panic: the child soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising
  • 5. Morbid pleasure: children in death camps
  • 6. Jingoistic rage: the Kindertransport Memorial in Gdańsk
  • 7. Afterword: from commemorative frenzy to commemorative fatigue.

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