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Pamięć Mazurów na przykładzie powieści Dzieci Jerominów Ernsta Wiecherta
The memory of Masurians in Jerominkinder by Ernst Wiechert

Author(s): Paweł Porzych
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: memory; Masuria; East Prussia; Jerominkinder; Ernst Wiechert
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of the construction of the memory in the book Jerominkinder by Ernst Wiechert. In the first part the author describes the reception of Wiechert’s work in Poland in consideration of a turning point in 1989. After that, the author passes on a definition of the memory. The next part describes the most important elements of the memory of the inhabitants of Sowirog. The wars, above all the World War I, and the persons of Mr. von Balk and Michael Jeromin were mentioned.

  • Page Range: 129-143
  • Page Count: 15
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: Polish, German