Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration, 1945-1979 |
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Author:
| Huener, Jonathan |
Series title: | Polish and Polish American Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-8214-1507-8 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.