THE MYTH OF RITUAL MURDER IN POST-WAR POLAND. ARCHAEOLOGY AND HYPOTHESES

• Authors: Zaremba M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article tries to explain the genesis of anti-Semitic riots and pogroms in Rzeszów, Kraków, Kielce, Czestochowa in 1945 and 1946. These pogroms are probably the most painful events in the newest Polish history. The first, historical part of this text is about the ritual murder myth as a spark which lit the flame of anti-Semitic riots. The second, sociological, part considers why the conviction of reality of ritual murder escalated after the World War II. Who were the believers of the myth? What were its social functions?

Keywords

EN

ANTI-SEMITIC POGROMS (POLAND); MYTH OF RITUAL MURDER

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-135
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zaremba M.

• M. Zaremba, Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN. ul. Polna 18.20, 00-625 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03056271