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Remembrance of the Pope John Paul II as a Part of Local Historical Memory

Author(s): Marcin Kula
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: remembrance; John Paul II; local historical memory

Summary/Abstract: After the fall of communism local communities in Poland stress the history of their own. This phenomenon is still going up, being a part of a larger rebirth of local communities’ life. Even small communities are building monuments of people with local or national merits, who lived in this place. The pope John Paul II (a pope from Polandl) is frequently remembered in this context. His monuments are built – especially when he visited a given town as a pope and/or had some contact with it when he lived in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 9/2008
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 89-95
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish