Physical Description
xxvi, 326 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
The stakes and terms of memory at Auschwitz
Poland and Auschwitz, 1945-1947
From liberation to memorialization: The transformation of the Auschwitz site, 1945-1947
Auschwitz as a cold-war theater, 1947-1954
The restoration of a commemorative idiom, 1954 and beyond
The internationalization of the Auschwitz site
The power and limits of a commemorative idiom: John Paul II at the "Golgotha of our age"
Poland and Auschwitz in the 1980s.
ISBN
0821415069
0821415077 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-315) and index.
The stakes and terms of memory at Auschwitz -- Poland and Auschwitz, 1945-1947 -- From liberation to memorialization: The transformation of the Auschwitz site, 1945-1947 -- Auschwitz as a cold-war theater, 1947-1954 -- The restoration of a commemorative idiom, 1954 and beyond -- The internationalization of the Auschwitz site -- The power and limits of a commemorative idiom: John Paul II at the "Golgotha of our age" -- Poland and Auschwitz in the 1980s.