Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration, 1945-1979

Few places in the world carry as heavy a burden of history as Auschwitz. Remembered as the most prominent site of Nazi crimes, Auschwitz has had tremendous symbolic weight in the postwar world. Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration is a history of the Auschwitz memorial site in the years of the Polish People's Republic.

About the author

Jonathan Huener An assistant professor of history at the University of Vermont, Jonathan Huener has written on aspects of memorial culture in postwar Germany and Poland, and is co-editor, with Francis R. Nicosia, of Medicine and Medical Ethics in Nazi Germany: Origins, Practices, Legacies.

Summary

Few places in the world carry as heavy a burden of history as Auschwitz. Remembered as the most prominent site of Nazi crimes, Auschwitz has had tremendous symbolic weight in the postwar world. Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration is a history of the Auschwitz memorial site in the years of the Polish People’s Republic.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Huener
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2004
• EAN: 9780821415078
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1507-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Polish and Polish American Stu; Polish and Polish-American Stu; Polish and Polish-American Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries