Getto bardzo miejskie, czyli raz jeszcze o określeniach warszawskiej żydowskiej dzielnicy zamkniętej
A Very Urban Ghetto, or Once Again about the Alternative Terms Describing the Warsaw Jewish Restricted Area

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the specific linguistic expressions used to name thephenomenon of the Warsaw ghetto established in November 1940 and existinguntil May 1943. The common denominator of the terms analyzed here is theirsemantic components that directly refer to the urban character of the ghetto. Therange of meanings of the expressions presented here and their simultaneousurban connotations reflect how Jewish and non-Jewish residents of Warsaw whowere directly affected by the city’s division conceptualized the phenomenon ofthe ghetto. The article supplements the already known diagnoses concerning themetaphors of the Warsaw ghetto and provides a commentary on a more generallevel about ways of naming the space of oppression.

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