„TO WAS TUTAJ TAK STRASZNIE BIJĄ? […] NIE, NAS NIE. TYLKO ŻYDÓW”: ŻYDZI W OBOZIE NA MAJDANKU W ŚWIETLE RELACJI POLSKICH WIĘŹNIÓW
“SO THEY BEAT YOU REALLY HARD HERE? NO, NOT US, ONLY THE JEWS”: JEWISH VICTIMHOOD INSIDE THE MAJDANEK CAMP IN POLISH PRISONERS’ TESTIMONIES
Author(s): Marta Grudzińska, Marta KubiszynSubject(s): Jewish studies, Oral history, Recent History (1900 till today), Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of Antisemitism, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Majdanek; KL Lublin; Jews; Poles; prisoners; oral history; video interviews; memory; Holocaust;
Summary/Abstract: The article draws on a source material from The State Museum Majdanek Archives, a collection of video testimonies recorded in 1987–1989, to develop a fuller picture of social relations among prisoners of different ethnic backgrounds at the Majdanek Concentration Camp. From the fall of 1941 through July 1944, Majdanek functioned as a killing center and a concentration camp for about 150,000 prisoners from different European countries. Drawing on video testimonies as a type of oral history, the article traces the perception of Jews in the camp by Polish prisoners, their social interactions, and the interethnic social boundaries shaped by camp life.
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 21/2018
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 333-371
- Page Count: 39
- Language: Polish