Metamorfoza antysemity. Ulica Graniczna Aleksandra Forda
An Antisemite Becomes a Righteous Gentile: Border Street by Aleksander Ford
Author(s): Tomasz ŻukowskiSubject(s): Cultural history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of the Holocaust, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Antisemitism, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Holocaust narratives; the Righteous; Holocaust memory; Polish cinema;
Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs the model of discourse present in Polish culture since the 1940s. Border Street (1949) is one of the first implementations of this model. An antisemite who becomes a righteous gentile is a pars pro toto of the Polish community. Violence is invoked, but its range is limited: Polish antisemitism stops when it comes to harming Jews. Violence that was, according to historical research, the dominant behavior toward Jews during the Nazi occupation is presented as an exteriorized exception. Two other Polish films of the same type are discussed in the article: Just beyond this Forest (1991) and In Darkness (2011).
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 22/2019
- Issue No: 43
- Page Range: 107-142
- Page Count: 36
- Language: Polish