Katyń 1940: National Trauma, Memory, and Reconciliation in Polish-Russian Relations
Katyń 1940: National Trauma, Memory, and Reconciliation in Polish-Russian Relations
Author(s): Jolanta JonaszkoSubject(s): Politics, Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Geopolitics
Published by: Centrul de Studii Memoriale și Identitare
Keywords: Cultural Trauma; Polish National Memory; Katyń; Polish-Russian Relations
Summary/Abstract: The Memory of Katyń, which became a Polish national memory of trauma, developed in opposition to the official Communist discourse in Poland. This was neither a linear nor a unitary process, but it was a process which embedded the Katyń crime in the Polish memorial culture and thus blended it with narratives of fight for independence, national identity and victimhood.
Journal: MemoScapes. Romanian Journal of Memory and Identity Studies
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 60-75
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English