The Bystander Complex: The Holocaust in Relation to Peasant Witnesses
The article investigates experience of Polish peasants during the Holocaust in relation to two categories of “bystander” and of “witness.” The author analyzes two collections of peasants’ narratives: firstly – pieces submitted to the “Descriptions of my Village” contest, organized in the first half...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Teksty Drugie
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The article investigates experience of Polish peasants during the Holocaust in relation to two categories of “bystander” and of “witness.” The author analyzes two collections of peasants’ narratives: firstly – pieces submitted to the “Descriptions of my Village” contest, organized in the first half of 1948 by the Czytelnik Press Institute, and secondly – oral histories collected and recorded by Dionizjusz Czubala in his ethnographic research in the 1970s and 80s. It is emphasized that the specificity of peasant bystander experience is influenced by the local context of the Holocaust, taking place in close socio-topographic surroundings. The author focuses on peasants’ various forms of involvement in the extermination process as well as on their memory of the Holocaust. |
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