Pamięć, historia, sens. Tematyka Zagłady na tle wydarzeń powojennych we współczesnej literaturze i kinematografii czeskiej
Recollection, History, Sense. The Subject Matter of the Holocaust against the Background of Post-War Events as Presented in Modern Czech Literature

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the influence of Czech literature and film about the Holocaust on the shaping of the Czech historical culture and Czech identity. The author distinguishes two important periods. Lasting from 1945 to 1948, the first one was a time when survivors produced works to tell others their true story. The second period, from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, was a time of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Often made by non-Jewish artists the-then films about the Holocaust, which were that movement’s pillar, individualised the Holocaust and did not offer clear-cut answers. Holocaust memory has not found a distinct place in Czech literature and film between 2000–2014, partly because of modern artists’ distance toward the old generation, their loose approach to the topic, and predominantly because of their ongoing search for their own values.

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