Reconstructing Memory

The book aims to reconstruct and analyze the disputes over the Polish-Jewish past and memory in public debates in Poland between 1985 and 2012, from the discussions about Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah , Jan Błoński’s essay The Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto , Jan Tomasz Gross’ books Neighbours , Fear and Golden Harvest , to the controversies surrounding the premiere of Władysław Pasikowski’s The Aftermath . The analysis includes the course and dynamics of the debates and, most importantly, the panorama