Did Affirmative Narratives of Memory Prevail? Heroes’ Stories in Official Approaches Presented by the Authorities – Poland after 1989

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Keywords:

affirmative narratives of memory, Polish politics of memory after 1989, heroes of the Warsaw Uprising, heroes of the Polish wartime and post-war underground, Poles who saved Jews from the Holocaust during World War II

Abstract

This text looks at memory narratives about heroes shaped in Poland through official channels and presented by the authorities after 1989. Analysis of who and how they appeared within heroic memory narratives confirms whether affirmative memory narratives prevailed within the Polish post-transitional politics of memory. It also considers the functionality of hero narratives in Poland's public space, reflecting on their causes and consequences.

Published

2022-01-18