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Polish Literature on Denouncements and Denouncers

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Buryla S.
Zaglada Zydów. Studia i Materialy (Holocaust. Studies and Materials)
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2006
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vol. 2
76-98
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In this article, the author attempts to present the sensitive issue of denunciation of Jews during the occupation. The analysis is based on Polish sources, supplemented with memoirs and testimonies. The starting point and an important intellectual context is the pioneer book by Barbara Engelking 'szanowny panie gistapo' (Dear Mr Gistapo).Informers, acting anonymously, were therefore often more dangerous than the 'szmalcownicy' (blackmailers) and did not see anything morally reprehensible in their actions. Yet it was one of the most menacing and hideous wartime occupations. The author also verifies the commonly held opinion that this phenomenon was relatively limited. It seems that this was a veritable plague during the occupation, which is reflected in literary texts. The fear of a blackmailer or informer was a feeling known to many Jews in hiding. In line with Barbara Engelking, the author treats denunciation as a form of collaboration, secret co-operation with the Nazis in their atrocious pursuits. One of the most important issues dealt with in this article is to answer why the Jews were denounced. Among the primary motives are: the desire to seize the victim's property, frustration, feelings of superiority and power afforded by the perpetrator's anonymity, but also anti-Semitism and racial hatred.
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HENRYK GRYNBERG'S QUESTIONS TO GOD

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Buryla S.
Przegląd Humanistyczny
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2005
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vol. 49
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issue 4(391)
45-60
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The article presents one of the most crucial Polish writers raising the subject of Jewish Holocaust. The question of theodicy is analyzed here in particular. The author reconstructs the most essential questions and doubts Henryk Grynberg asks God in his works. They are all based on the philosophy and religion of Judaism. Although there are numerous Grynberg's poems which seem to deny theodicy (e.g. 'Rodowód'), the poet does not throw away faith in God. He assumes that after Auschwitz it is still better to trust the Creator than man.
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BARBARA TOPORSKA'S 'SISTERS' - A STORY OF TWO LIVES

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Buryla S.
Ruch Literacki
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2008
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vol. 49
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issue 1(286)
85-100
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This article deals with the main themes of 'Sisters' by Barbara Toporska (1913-1985), a forgotten authoress who lived in the shadow of her famous husband, Józef Mackiewicz. Published abroad in 1966, the novel was able to raise issues that were taboo in post-war Poland, ie. the analogies between the communist and the Nazi systems or the problem of anti-Semitism among activists of the left. This analysis is also concerned with such aspects of Toporska's novel as a woman's view of the Nazi occupation, the complex question of Polish-Jewish identities, and the difference between the fate of Poles and Jews during the war.
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EDITORIAL ASPECTS OF LEOPOLD BUCZKOWSKI'S LITERARY CREATIVITY. A RECOGNITION

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Buryla S.
Pamiętnik Literacki
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2008
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vol. 99
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issue 2
167-189
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The author of the paper describes most important editorial problems of Leopold Buczkowski's works. The researcher performs an analysis of Buczkowski's literary creation, refering both to the already published texts as well as the ones treasured in the collection of Museum of Literature. The subject of detailed considerations is two novels 'Rough' and 'Black Torrent'. As for the former, the author presents the trials and tribulations with the censorship, reconstructs the fragments deleted by the censorship and reflects upon the origin of the text. The latter is discussed from the point of view of the difficulties caused by the reading of the text. The author of the paper attempts to answer the question how the text can be made more comprehensible with the use of the tools possessed by the editor.
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