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

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2004
• EAN: 9780821415061
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1506-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Polish and Polish American Studies; Polish and Polish-American Studies Series; Polish and Polish-American Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries