Jakiej historii potrzeba? Tematyka obozowa w zapomnianych tekstach Andrzeja Brychta i Tadeusza Hołuja

• Authors: Tomasz Łysak

Title variants

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WHAT HISTORY DO WE NEED? CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN THE FORGOTTEN TEXTS OF ANDRZEJ BRYCHT AND TADEUSZ HOŁUJ

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Polish People’s Republic implemented its historical policy by employing film and literature in order to portray the martyrdom brought about by the Nazi occupation of Poland. The decade of the 1960’s was the most prolific period when it comes to the number of films devoted to the Holocaust and the camps. Some of the films were clearly motivated by political concerns and the fear that the past was forgotten and underrepresented in cultural representations. Two writers – Andrzej Brycht and Tadeusz Holuj – played a key role in bringing the past to the limelight despite generational differences between them. Holuj was a former inmate at Auschwitz-Birkenau whereas Brycht knew the past mainly from cultural representations.

Keywords

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Brycht Andrzej; Holuj Tadeusz; Polish culture; Nazi occupation of Poland; Holocaust and the camps; Auschwitz-Birkenau; Polish cinema; history of film

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 77-78
• Pages: 168-184

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Tomasz Łysak