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Pomiędzy fascynacją a potępieniem. Żydzi i judaizm w pismach oraz biografii ks. prof. Józefa Kruszyńskiego (1877–1953) – przedwojennego rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego [Between Fascination and Reproach: Jews and Judaism in the Writings of Rev. Prof. Józef Kruszyński (1877–1953), Pre-war Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin]

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Majdanik A. J.

Studia Litteraria et Historica

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2019

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issue 8

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Between Fascination and Reproach. Jews and Judaism in the Writings of Rev. Prof. Józef Kruszyński (1877–1953), Pre-war Rector of the Catholic University of LublinIn the first part of the essay, the author presents a sketch of the life and works of Rev. Józef Kruszyński, the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin. In the second part she analyzes Kruszyński’s anti-Jewish writings, collected in the series "From the Field of Jew Studies", setting them against the backdrop of his broad literary and academic work, most of which was made up by his original translations (including his translation of books of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Polish) and publications focused on the study of the Bible. Finally, the author retraces and examines the emergence of Kruszyński’s anti-Jewish views.Pomiędzy fascynacją a potępieniem. Żydzi i judaizm w pismach oraz biografii ks. prof. Józefa Kruszyńskiego (1877–1953) – przedwojennego rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu LubelskiegoW pierwszej części artykułu autorka przedstawia życie i działalność księdza Józefa Kruszyńskiego, rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego. Druga część zawiera analizę publicystyki antyżydowskiej publikowanej w serii „Z Dziedziny Żydoznawstwa” na tle ogólnej, bogatej twórczości Kruszyńskiego, której większość stanowią prace biblistyczne oraz translatorskie (tłumaczenie z hebrajskiego na polski ksiąg Starego Testamentu). W końcowej części autorka śledzi początki i źródła antyżydowskich poglądów Kruszyńskiego.

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Hannah Arendt i badanie antysemityzmu. Antysemityzm jako totemizm

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Tokarska-Bakir J.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2020

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issue 37

11-40

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This article is based on the available philosophical and historical Holocaust studies and offers a critical review of the reception of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical concepts of antisemitism and Jewish history, including Shoah.

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L’image linguistique du Juif déjouée par les pragmatèmes. Le cas du discours antisémite et antisioniste

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Pirogowska E.

Neophilologica

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2020

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vol. 32

146-156

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The concept of pragmateme as witnessed in various discursive settings is analyzed. It is demonstrated to be dependent on a diaphasic variant at work - it can be felicitously applied to utterances whose value hinges on the communicative context, and it proves inherent to the speechproduction of a given individual. Likewise, its value may depend on communicative circumstances and might be specific to a given speech community. Convenient examples are provided by the anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist discourses of the acclaimed French performer Dieudonné fanciers. Pragmateme’s instance taken into consideration relies on a single phonetic shape \ʃ ɔ.a.na.nɑ\ likely to correspond to two different spellings [chaud ananas] [Shoah nana]. It misrepresents the figure of a Jew, whose depreciating image tightens the ties between community members, where antiSemitism is perceived as an overarching value.

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The concept of pragmateme as witnessed in various discursive settings is analyzed. It is demonstrated to be dependent on a diaphasic variant at work - it can be felicitously applied to utterances whose value hinges on the communicative context, and it proves inherent to the speech production of a given individual. Likewise, its value may depend on communicative circumstances and might be specific to a given speech community. Convenient examples are provided by the anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist discourses of the acclaimed French performer Dieudonné fanciers. Pragmateme’s instance taken into consideration relies on a single phonetic shape \ʃ ɔ.a.na.nɑ\ likely to correspond to two different spellings [chaud ananas] [Shoah nana]. It misrepresents the figure of a Jew, whose depreciating image tightens the ties between community members, where antiSemitism is perceived as an overarching value.

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Ármin(ius) Vámbéry und die Frage des Antisemitismus

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Knüppel M.

Folia Orientalia

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2018

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vol. 55

379-393

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Ármin(ius) Vámbéry and the problem of antisemitism. In his article the author deals with the problem of antisemitism Á. Vámbéry was confronted with. The author has narrow his survey to some topoi and their reflections in contemporary German-speaking newspapers as well as statements of German-speaking academics concerning his “Jewishness”.

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The Position of Rola Towards the Memorandum of the Stock Exchange Committee in Warsaw

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Friedrich A.

Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia

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2022

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vol. 20

15-26

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The article aims to examine the position of Rola regarding the disclosure of the confidential Memorandum of the Stock Exchange Committee in Warsaw. Besides the circumstances of the creation of this document, I am closely analyzing the magazine’s strong reaction and journalists’ statements on the matter. I emphasize the fact that it was precisely the antisemitic Rola magazine, whose editor boasted of uncompromisingly discussing Jewish issues, that felt entitled to comment on it as the only legitimate platform. In the article, I cite the most vivid statements authored by the editor of the magazine himself, Jan Jeleński, as well as collaborators. In conclusion, I point out that according to the journalists of Rola, they played a key role in exposing the hypocrisy allegedly accompanying the process of assimilation of Polish Jews.

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Between Institutional Antisemitism and Authoritarianism in the Territory of the Former Galicia, 1935–1939: Discussion of the Problem

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Kahane T., Zalewski A.

Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia

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2020

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vol. 18

97-104

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In the period 1935–1939, following the death of head of state Marshal Piłsudski, the Polish national government adopted a more authoritarian and nationalist stance. Piłsudski had been considered by some Polish Jews as a protector of national and religious minorities. After his death in May 1935, institutional antisemitism experienced a dramatic increase. In the public sphere, certain newspapers regularly featured antisemitic “news reports,” opinion pieces and cartoons of an extreme nature. The newspaper ABC, for instance, advocated boycotts of Jewish businesses and shops, listing them by name, and encouraged Jewish emigration. In universities, the increasing discrimination against Jews has been well documented. MostPolish universities instituted restrictions on the number of Jewish students they would admit, or else barred them altogether. The education ministry willingly turned a blind eye to the admission policies of the university authorities. At the beginning of the academic year 1938–1939, for example, only three students in the first year of medical studies in Lwów (less than 1% of the new intake) were Jews, and none in Kraków. After discussing antisemitism in newspapers and universities in the late 1930s, this article will examine documents held in the State Archive of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (DAIFO) concerning relations between the Jewish communities in the Stanisławów region, and the district, provincial and national authorities, including the national Ministry for Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment. Much of this documentation concerns the town of Dolina. With the backing of the district authorities, an attempt was made to install as assistant rabbi in the town a certain Ksyel Juda Halberstam. This move was strongly opposed by many members of the Dolina Jewish community, as well as by its senior rabbi. The correspondence sheds light on the protracted struggle between the different parties until the assistant rabbi was finally installed in late 1938. These files on the Dolina episode highlight the desire on the part of the authorities to control the rabbis, and through them the members of their communities. Information was systematically gathered on all the rabbis in the province, with particular emphasis on their moral behaviour, their perceived loyalty to the state, and their fluency in the Polish language. These actions, in turn, reflect an underlying suspicion over the extent of the rabbis’ “Polishness” and a fear, in an era of growing nationalism, of “antinational” behaviour. Such suspicions of loyalty were particularly marked where rabbis were thought to have Zionist links.

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Scapegoating and Antisemitism During the COVID-19 Health Crisis: A Critique of Jewish Identity in Germany

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Tanrıverdi H. Z.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2024

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issue 1(53)

55-66

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Antisemitism has unfortunately persisted throughout history, and the COVID-19 pandemic has not been an exception to this troubling trend. The conditions created by the pandemic, such as fear, uncertainty, and anxiety, have fueled the emergence and spread of conspiracy theories targeting various groups, including Jewish communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a plethora of baseless beliefs and conspiracy theories about its causes, which have contributed to the rise of antisemitism during this time. Pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, inherently create anxiety and uncertainty among populations. This change has affected many areas, both political and social. Conspiracy theories that base the cause of the emergence of COVID-19 on Jewish identity are an essential factor for this study. Tendencies toward antisemitism and scapegoating have supported these conspiracy theories. In this study, how antisemitism manifested itself in media and online discourse during COVID-19 and how Jewish identity is affected by the process.

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Manuskrypt błogosławionej pamięci Pejsacha Bergmana, wedle kopii przekazanej przez syna, Bronisława Bergmana [A manuscript of Pejsach Bergman of blessed memory, according to a copy received from his son, Bronisław Bergman]

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Bergman P., Tokarska-Bakir J.

Studia Litteraria et Historica

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2017

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issue 6

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A manuscript of Pejsach Bergman of blessed memory, according to a copy receivedfrom his son, Bronisław BergmanThe text by Pesach Bergman (1898–1944) is an excerpt from his fictionalized memoirs about the life of the shtetl of Widawa from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Written in Yiddish, it was translated into Polish by Dr. Marcin Urynowicz with the assistance of Sara Arm. It constitutes an original and unique literary genre, which is closest to the meditation (Latin: soliloquia), combining elements of social criticism and sentimental recollections. Manuskrypt błogosławionej pamięci Pejsacha Bergmana, wedle kopii przekazanej przez syna, Bronisława BergmanaTekst Pesacha Bergmana (1898–1944) pochodzi z jego fabularyzowanych wspomnień, dotyczących życia sztetlu Widawa w okresie od końca XIX wieku do lat trzydziestych wieku XX. Został zapisany w języku żydowskim, z którego – z pomocą Sary Arm – przełożył go dr Marcin Urynowicz. Ustanawia oryginalny, właściwy tylko sobie gatunek literacki, najbliższy rozmyślaniom (łac. soliloquia), łączącym elementy krytyki społecznej i sentymentalnego wspomnienia.

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Evans, Richard J. The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination. Allen Lane, 2020, 288 pp.

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Jansen C. J. H.

Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa

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2021

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vol. 14

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issue 3

403-404

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Undervisning och lärande om Förintelsen i Sverige

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Wicenciak-Szulc A.

Studia Scandinavica

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2025

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issue 9(29)

113-126

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Since the turn of the 21st century, Sweden has been deeply committed to preserving the memory and disseminating knowledge of the Holocaust. The country stands out internationally for its contributions to the establishment of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which focuses on education, research, and commemoration of the Holocaust. As the organizerof an international conference on the Holocaust, Sweden played a pivotal role in the issuance of the Stockholm Declaration, which emphasizes the importance of Holocaust education in preventing future genocides. Holocaust education is a mandatory component of the history curriculum in Swedish primary schools. This article presents the current research on Holocaust education in Sweden, outlining the educational objectives set for Holocaust teaching, the methods employed by Swedish educators, and the outcomes of such instruction. The empirical section of the article analyses projects by two Swedish educators actively engaged in Holocaust education in Sweden.

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Nad knihou o Židech a českém nacionalismu:

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Cerman I.

Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)

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2020

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vol. 118

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issue 3

725-750

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The review article discusses the new collective work on the history of the Jews in the Bohemian Lands, which has been written by a Czech-American- German team. Its achievements are assessed within the context of recent historiography on the Jews in the Bohemian lands. The review reveals flaws in the chapters on early modern history and intentional manipulations of facts plus anti-Czech bias in the chapters on the 20th century. The reviewer argues that this interpretation imitates the way US historians are writing about Central Europe. This book aims to strengthen the xenophobic stereotypes about East-European peoples.

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Epilog „Historii złudzeń”. Obraz Polski w latach 1944–1968 we wspomnieniach Klemensa Nussbauma

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Szajda M.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

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2019

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vol. 74

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issue 3

137-164

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The article presents a fragment of memoirs of Klemens Nussbaum, former officer of Polish People’s Army (ludowe Wojsko Polskie), who fled Poland in 1969. His relation was written down after some years of living in Israel and deposited in one of archives in Tel Aviv. It bears witness to his military service, Polish–Jewish relations and the change in author’s attitude to Poland. It contains statements about experiencing anti-Semitism and about life in the Stalinist period.

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Exploring Antisemitism Through Legal, Political, and Linguistic Perspectives with Insights on Shifting Perceptions Through Holocaust Education

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Iwanowska B., Kapranov Y., Stadniczeńko D.

Teka Komisji Prawniczej

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2025

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vol. 18

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issue 1

99-112

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This paper explores the enduring issue of antisemitism, framed as “the oldest hatred,” through an interdisciplinary lens that integrates legal, political, and historical perspectives. By examining the persistence and evolution of antisemitism in modern society, the study underscores the importance of Holocaust education as a critical tool for understanding and combating prejudice and discrimination. Grounded in the analysis of existing legal frameworks, including those established by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the European Court of Human Rights, the paper investigates how state policies and linguistic manipulation have historically reinforced antisemitic ideologies. A Polish university academic staff survey reveals educators’ perspectives on Holocaust education’s relevance in contemporary education. The findings highlight the need for a multidimensional approach that fosters critical thinking, societal awareness, and empathy to prevent future atrocities. The study concludes that combining historical awareness, legal knowledge, and ethical engagement in Holocaust education is essential for combating rising antisemitism and fostering a more informed and inclusive society.

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Facing Sweden: The Experience of Sweden after the Forced Migration from Poland During the Antisemitic Campaign, 1967–1972

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Englund M.

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2022

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vol. 6

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issue 26

93-106

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This article presents how the historical experience of Sweden is depicted in six biographies about the lives of Polish-Jewish refugees who migrated to Sweden from Poland in 1967–1972 due to the antisemitic campaign. It is an early output of the dissertation project Vi, de fördrivna [We, the Expelled], for which the historical experiences of this migrant group are being collected and analyzed. The depiction of Sweden in the biographies is viewed from the perspective of historical orientation. Generally, the biographies give a positive picture of Sweden. The Sweden illustrated is contrasted with a repressive depiction of Poland during the antisemitic campaign. Sweden at the time of arrival is also contrasted with Sweden in later years, which might be described as Sweden in decline.

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Rejestry przemocy. Usuwanie Żydów z języka Czechowicza

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Jarzyna A.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2013

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issue 22

197-211

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The article is a reaction to the second edtion of Józef Czechowicz’s Letters (2011), which the author compares to the first edition (1977). It turns out that the poet’s letters, when they went through censorship screening in the 1970s, were purged not only of politically charged passages, where he mentions Miłosz, Czuchnowski, Iwaniuk, and Łobodowski, as well as the critical passages about Marxism, but also his remarks about Jews, remarks that were mostly antisemitic and stereotypical. The analysis of these passages is confronted with Czechowicz’s photographs of the Jewish quarter in Lublin and with the “Jewish traces” in his poetry. Above all, however, the discussion focuses on the language of violence, exposed in the poem śmierć [death] in the volume called dzień jak co dzień. The poem has been interpreted polemically, in opposition to Jacek Leociak, who reads śmierć both figuratively and as a text about a slaughterhouse. In this way, unexpected dimensions of Czechowicz’s sensitivity are shown, as the poet understands the cruelty of modern “animal killing industry” (used by the designers of the Holocaust machine), while at the same time he uses a dangerous array of antisemitic stereotypes, which were previously unknown to his critics.

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Mieszanie krwi

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Śnieżko D.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2013

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issue 22

17-31

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The article discusses Jewish conversions to Catholicism in Poland before 1795, presenting the issue from the perspective of discourses of anthropology, religion, and, importantly, class stratification, with reference to the most important European contexts. The survey of source texts includes selected authors, such as Wacław Potocki or Walerian Nekanda Trepka, allowing for an introductory sketch of relations between the idea of nobility, anti-Judaism, and antisemitism.

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Tuwim’s Wedge: 'Survival Strategies' of a Polish-Jewish Poet

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Tomassucci G.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 36

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issue 6

49-67

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Tuwim’s approach to the “Jewish question” has already been analyzed by Polish and foreign scholars. The article is intended to consider some “survival strategies” of the Polish poet from a slightly different angle. In Poland, in the period between the wars Jewish writers were persuaded to accept total polonization and a rejection of their ethnic identity; yet, at the same time they often suffered a rejection from the circles of Polish artists. Any attempt of highlighting their Jewish identity or even a slight interest in Jewish culture incited brutal Jew-bashings. Tuwim considered his being a Polish Jew not only as a fact to be proud of, but also as an opportunity for engaging with self-criticism. He painfully felt the Jewish question as “a powerful wedge cleaving [his own] worldview”. However, like many other Polish-Jewish writers he masked its enduring presence in his own psyche, constructing his public persona through a process of self-fashioning. This paper tries to follow the traces of this “wedge” in Tuwim’s works: from poems supposedly having nothing to do with the “Jewish question”, to encrypted allusions to the great Yiddish writers, from his relentless questioning of all forms of intolerance and nationalist rhetoric, to his conviction that a new poetic language could “reform the world” and become a homeland for all readers regardless of their nationality.

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Liliana Segre, or the courageous struggle against “indifference” and for social recognition

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Greco S.

Academicus. International Scientific Journal

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2019

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issue 19

9-31

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From a historical and sociological perspective, based on the social theory of recognition of Axel Honneth, this article analyzes the life course of the Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, born in 1930 in Milan, and her struggle for social recognition after her liberation from the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück, Jugendlager and Malchow. The article will underline on one side, the “spiral of misrecognition” that Liliana Segre, as all Italian Jews, has been victim of after the approval of the Fascist racial laws of 1938 and the negative consequences for her identity, such as social shame, loss of self-confidence, self-respect and self-esteem. On the other side, the article focus on the “upward spiral of recognition”, that Liliana Segre was able to realize after her return from the concentration camp. Through marriage, maternity, paid work in the labor market and civil engagement as Shoah witness, she was able to regain social self-esteem and dignity for herself and, for the Jewish people.

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Debaty o pamięci w kontekście relacji polsko‑żydowskich ostatniego stulecia. Rezonans medialny wzajemnych stosunków na tle obchodów 50. rocznicy wydarzeń marca 1968 na łamach tygodników „Polityka” i „Sieci”

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Zemła B.

Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis

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2019

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vol. 25

159-195

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The main objective of this article is drawing a general outline of Polish‑Jewish relations in years between 1918-2018 while analysing contemporary image of these relations that has been shaped through bipolar political narration in two ways: heroically nostalgic and critical. I will try to prove that story of common past, having great impact on the image of our nation, has now become yet another front line of ideological division of Polish society. As relentless dispute about antisemitism in times of independent Poland continues, it intensifies with current events that evoke it, such as amendment of act about Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and commemorations of important events: liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, riots in ghetto in Warsaw, Polish March of 1968. I will also present points of disagreement in historiography of Polish and Jewish experiences as well as analysis of media reaction about infamous events of March ‘68 that arose during spring of 2018 by occasion of their 50th anniversary, using examples from weekly magazines of opinion “Polityka” and “Sieci”.

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Celem podjętym w artykule jest przedstawienie w bardzo ogólnym zarysie stosunków polsko‑żydowskich w latach 1918-2018 oraz ich współczesnego obrazu kształtowanego w ramach dwubiegunowo prowadzonej narracji politycznej, określanej jako heroiczno‑nostalgiczna oraz krytyczna. Postaram się wykazać, że opowieści o wspólnych losach, wywierające wpływ na kształtowanie wizerunku naszego narodu, stały się obecnie kolejną linią ideologicznego podziału społeczeństwa polskiego. Trwa nieustający spór o różnym natężeniu na temat występowania antysemityzmu w dziejach niepodległej Polski, a intensywności nabiera przy okazji przywołujących ten problem bieżących wydarzeń, takich jak np. nowelizacja ustawy o Instytucie Pamięci Narodowej, obchody rocznic wyzwolenia obozu koncentracyjnego w Oświęcimiu, powstania w getcie warszawskim, wydarzeń polskiego Marca 1968 roku. W artykule przedstawię punkty sporne w historiografii wspólnych, polsko‑żydowskich, doświadczeń oraz analizę rezonansu medialnego niechlubnych wypadków marcowych, jaki - na łamach tygodników opinii „Polityka” i „Sieci” - powstał wiosną 2018 roku przy okazji obchodów 50. rocznicy tych wydarzeń.

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(Auto)analityczny opis przypadku. Wspomnienia Izydora Sadgera o Zygmuncie Freudzie

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Więckiewicz A.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2019

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issue 35

253-276

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The article presents an analysis of Freud’s early biography written by Isidor Isaak Sadger, one of his earliest students. The author argues that Sigmund Freud. Persönliche Erinnerungen bonds together different literary genres such as biography, autobiography and pathography, thus allowing for studying the impact of life-writing literature on psychoanalysis. The first part of the article is devoted to the relation between introspection, auto-analysis and everyday writing practices of Freud and his students. In the second part, the author presents unknown facts from Sadger’s history in the psychoanalytic movement and reads his biography as an example of a heterogeneous literary genre where he becomes a writer-biographer and a doctor-autobiographer simultaneously.

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