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Author Tucker, Erica L., author.

Title Remembering occupied Warsaw : Polish narratives of World War II / Erica L. Tucker
Published DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2011]

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Contents Identity politics in interwar Poland -- Memories of the invasion -- Memories of the occupation -- The conspiracy -- Reflections on helping Polish Jews -- Remembering the Warsaw Uprising -- Aftermath : exodus and return -- Conclusion : memory and its discontents
Summary "Offering a rare glimpse into the lives of those who lived through the German occupation of Poland's capital, this important ethnography explores how elderly residents of Warsaw recollect, narrate, and commemorate their experiences, thus showing how the cultural legacies of the occupation reveal themselves in contemporary Polish society. The individuals who are the focus of this study, all long-time residents of the Warsaw neighborhood Żoliborz, responded to the daily deprivations and brutality of the German occupation by joining branches of the Polish underground, ultimately participating in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944--during which their neighborhood was burned, but not destroyed--as soldiers, couriers, and medics. Using life histories and ethnographic fieldwork, Tucker examines the ways that her informants recovered from the rupture of war, arguing that this process was connected to efforts to rebuild the city itself. Remembering Occupied Warsaw makes an important contribution to studies of collective memory. A moving work of oral history, this book will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, and East European studies, as well as general readers interested in Polish history."--Provided by publisher
Analysis German occupation of Warsaw, effects of occupation on contemporary Polish society, Warsaw neighborhood Zoliborz, Polish underground, Warsaw Uprising of 1944, studies of collective memory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed December 10, 2019)
Subject Collective memory -- Poland -- Warsaw
Collective memory
SUBJECT Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Siege, 1939. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002554
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145297
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Uprising, 1944. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145298
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104100
Subject Poland
Poland -- Warsaw
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609090296
1609090292
9781501757488
1501757482