Overview
- Summary
- "This book explores contemporary debates surrounding Poland's 'war children', that is the young victims, participants and survivors of the Second World War. It focuses on the period after 2001 which saw the emergence of the two main political parties that were to dictate the tone of the politics of memory for more than a decade" -- back cover.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Locale
- Poland
Pologne - Contents
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1. The three concepts: childhood, emotions, memory
2. Children in World War II: Poland and beyond
3. Pensive sadness: the forgotten children's camp in Litzmannstadt/Łódź
4. Moral panic: the child soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising
5. Morbid pleasure: children in death camps
6. Jingoistic rage: the Kindertransport Memorial in Gdańsk
7. Afterword: from commemorative frenzy to commemorative fatigue. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-169) and index.
1. The three concepts: childhood, emotions, memory -- 2. Children in World War II: Poland and beyond -- 3. Pensive sadness: the forgotten children's camp in Litzmannstadt/Łódź -- 4. Moral panic: the child soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising -- 5. Morbid pleasure: children in death camps -- 6. Jingoistic rage: the Kindertransport Memorial in Gdańsk -- 7. Afterword: from commemorative frenzy to commemorative fatigue.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783030322618
3030322610 - Physical Description
- xxi, 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Poland--Historiography. Children--Nazi persecution--Poland--Historiography. Children and war--Poland--Historiography. Collective memory--Poland. War memorials--Poland. Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste--Pologne. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Enfants--Pologne--Historiographie. Enfants--Persécutions nazies--Pologne--Historiographie. Enfants et guerre--Pologne--Historiographie. Mémoire collective--Pologne. Historiography. Children. War memorials. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Collective memory. Poland.
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