Mont Valérien – epicka pamięć, (nie)pamięć traumy
Mont Valérien – Epic Memory, (Not)Remembering the Trauma
Author(s): Szymon PietrzykowskiSubject(s): Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: France (1940–1944) – memory and commemoration; sites of memory; Résistance; Pascal Convert
Summary/Abstract: One may consider the two monuments situated on the hill of Mont Valérien near Paris – Memorial of Fighting France (1960) and Monument to those shot at Mont Valerién (2003) – as material representation of evolution in the social perception of years 1940–1944 taking place in France, which is the main topic of the article. While the first of them symbolizes the epic narrative centered on the Résistance and the cult of heroism, the second one refers to the so far overlooked, traumatic aspects of war and occupation, focusing on the victims.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 51/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 233-261
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Polish