‘At the Crossroads’: Jedwabne and Polish Historiography of the Holocaust

2017/09/02 by Joanna Michlic · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies #Polish Historical and Cultural Studies #Eastern European Communism and Reforms #Historiography #The Holocaust #History #Art #Literature #Philosophy #Archaeology #Theology

paper · doi:10.1080/23256249.2017.1376793

openalex publication_date 2017/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

In 2009, the eminent Polish historian Jerzy Jedlicki used the word ‘powerlessness’ (bezradność)1 to describe how difficult it is to disseminate historical accounts of the uncomfortable and dark asp...

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