Nowe elementy pamięci kulturowej w III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (na przykładzie Nysy)
New elements of cultural remembrance in the Polish Third Republic (the example of Nysa)

Summary/Abstract: In the introduction, the author discusses the state of research of the remembrance of the past of the Third Republic. In the following two parts and in reference to the concept proposed by Jan Assmann, she indicates new elements of cultural remembrance in Nysa post 1989. With this aim, she conducts an analysis of vehicles of cultural remembrance (monuments and commemorative plaques, street names, celebration of holidays and festivities, locally produced literature and publicity). The author assigns reconstructed depictions of the past to two dimensions. The first relates to the re-evaluation of national traditions and the Polish nation which has been occurring on a nationwide scale since 1989, while the second concerns the new perception of local activities. In the case of the first dimension, the author identifies four main threads which are visible in Nysa: 1) the struggle for independence; 2) the martyrdom of Poles on the Eastern Borderlands; 3) the beloved Eastern Borderlands; and 4) the bleak times of the communist regime. On the other hand, new elements of cultural remembrance related to the history of Nysa are grouped according to four themes: 1) „liberation” of the city and the period of the communist regime; 2) the nationality of the city; 3) continuity of the city; and 4) famous people connected with Nysa. In conclusion, the author discusses the certain specificity of the new elements of cultural remembrance in Nysa. This shows that the specificity relates as much to the re-evaluation of national traditions and the Polish people as it does to local activities.

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