A City Without... Some Remarks on Taboo Past in Białystok
Elżbieta Dąbrowicz
Wydział Filologiczny. Uniwersytet w BiałymstokuAbstract
The article is inspired by Marcin Kącki’s reportage, Białystok. Biała siła czarna pamięć, which recovers the disturbing memory of Jewish population in Białystok and Podlasie region. The text aims at juxtaposing two theses. One, postulated by Kącki, claims that the local “failure” to remember does not stem from pre-war anti-semitism. The other, formulated by Tymothy Snyder, presupposes that placing a taboo on local Jewish past resulted from the fact that during the war the territory was subjugated to occupation by two military powers.Keywords:
memory, Jewish population, Białystok, PodlasieWydział Filologiczny. Uniwersytet w Białymstoku
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