Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and Lublin
This article represents a consideration of the way in which the Jewish past in two key areas of Poland is obfuscated by the historical processes that led to the creation and re-creation of the urban space. Focussing on the district of Muranow in Warsaw and the Majdanek site in Lublin, the authors...
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This article represents a consideration of the way in which the Jewish past in two key areas of Poland is obfuscated by the historical processes that led to the creation and re-creation of the urban space. Focussing on the district of Muranow in Warsaw and the Majdanek site in Lublin, the authors argue that the juxtaposition of the horrific past and a more mundane present create a destabilizing disjunction – what Suzanne Knittel calls the “historical uncanny” – that unsettles and stands in the way of a Polish reconciliation with its Jewish past.
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| spelling | doaj-art-faf8d6478a824f71a84957959c8145342025-02-01T08:46:53ZdeuCardinal Stefan Wyszynski University PressChrześcijaństwo-Świat-Polityka1896-90382719-84052021-08-012510.21697/CSP.2021.25.1.13Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and LublinLaura ChamberlandHernan Tesler-Mabé This article represents a consideration of the way in which the Jewish past in two key areas of Poland is obfuscated by the historical processes that led to the creation and re-creation of the urban space. Focussing on the district of Muranow in Warsaw and the Majdanek site in Lublin, the authors argue that the juxtaposition of the horrific past and a more mundane present create a destabilizing disjunction – what Suzanne Knittel calls the “historical uncanny” – that unsettles and stands in the way of a Polish reconciliation with its Jewish past. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/csp/article/view/9004Holocaust Memory; Jews; Poland; Warsaw; Lublin; Muranow; Majdanek |
| spellingShingle | Laura Chamberland Hernan Tesler-Mabé Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and Lublin Chrześcijaństwo-Świat-Polityka Holocaust Memory; Jews; Poland; Warsaw; Lublin; Muranow; Majdanek |
| title | Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and Lublin |
| title_full | Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and Lublin |
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| title_short | Horrific Pasts and Mundane Presents: Living among the Jewish Ghosts of Warsaw and Lublin |
| title_sort | horrific pasts and mundane presents living among the jewish ghosts of warsaw and lublin |
| topic | Holocaust Memory; Jews; Poland; Warsaw; Lublin; Muranow; Majdanek |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/csp/article/view/9004 |
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