Wer ist aus wessen Vaterland? Polnischer Patriotismus – jüdischer Messianismus. Überlegungen zu einer schwierigen Beziehung
Wer ist aus wessen Vaterland? Polnischer Patriotismus – jüdischer Messianismus. Überlegungen zu einer schwierigen Beziehung

Summary/Abstract: In its first part the article tries to describe the process leading from the multiethnic structure of the First Republic of Poland to the definition of ,polishness‘ in terms of national and religious identity in the period of the partitions of Poland. On this historical background an analysis is provided to elucidate the conflicts in which several perspectives of memory concerning the German crimes during World War II come to expression. As the Polish romantic concept of identity is characterized by religious contents, the following part deals with the differences in the understanding of Messianic idea in Christianity and Judaism. The article closes with an overview of some aspects of the recent revival of memory about the Jewish culture in Poland.

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