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Around disputes about the memory of Auschwitz: matter of the monastery and the cross on a gravel pit
Kamil Miodowski
Abstract
The author of the article evokes two disputes between Poles and Jews which concern the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The first concerned location of Carmelite Monastery in the building of so-called “the old theatre” which is on the sites of the former camp. The second dispute was linked with crosses which were placed on the gravel pit near the camp. Both issues became subjects of open conflict which focused attention of public opinion in Poland and abroad. The disputes recalled by the author show two kinds of memory – Polish and Jewish, and they exposed stereotypes and mutual prejudice. The involvement of the most important figures from both sides in the dispute shows that the whole matter was very important. The author reminds what happened on the basis of publications and articles.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Holocaust, Fr. Werenfried van Straaten, Shoah, Polish-Jewish disputeDetails
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