Męska homoseksualność obozowa i figura pipla a problem „nieczytalności” na przykładzie relacji Andrzeja Kotarskiego
Male Concentration Camp Homosexuality, the Figure of Pipel and the Issue of 'Unreadability' in Andrzej Kotarski’s Testimonies

Summary/Abstract: The article is a case study analyzing the issues of male homosexuality and the figure of pipel, which appear in two oral testimonies of Andrzej Kotarski – former prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps – given respectively to the USC Shoah Foundation and the History Meetings House/KARTACenter. The ways of addressing themes marginalized in the Polish concentration camp discourse, as well as the strategies used to overcome articulation problems, are being critically examined. Placing the analysis in the context of wartime (homo)sexual violence makes it possible to point out cultural and social determinants because of which both testimonies remain incomplete.

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