„Pamięć” relacji polsko-niemieckich. Przykład wsi Czermin
The “Memory” of Polish-German Relations. The Case of the Village Czermin

Summary/Abstract: The article tackles the issue of cultural memory. I analyzed the example of Czermin village near a town of Mielec. In the village there was a German colony. The residents of the colony left the area with the end of the Second World War. Today the descendants of the former German colonists regularly visit the village. They decided to rearrange the cemetery and sponsored the monument, which was erected in that place. The research was conducted among the local population declaring their nationality as Polish. My goal was to reconstruct their notions and depictions about former German colonists. The interpretation I undertook is mainly based on the ideas of John and Aleida Assman, Paul Ricoeur and Harald Welzer.

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