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Summary/Abstract: This Theme is a portrayal of the presence of the theme of Holocaust in the post-war circulation of folk art in Poland: the oeuvre of artists and the strategies of collectors, custodians, and curators. The author devotes much attention to the role played by Aleksander Jackowski, for many years editor-in-chief of “Polska Sztuka Ludowa” (1952–1998), in generating the reception of so-called “naive art”. References to biographies of persons creating the circulation of this particular art together with their wartime experiences comprise a backdrop for reflections dealing with the impact of anti-Semitism in Polish culture. The text was written upon the basis of the outcome of the Awkward Objects of Genocide research project realised as part of the activity of the Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production: TRACES (2016–2019) European consortium concentrated on controversial European heritage. More on: www.widokzzabliska.eu (www.terriblyclose.eu).

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