„How was all this possible? We do not have the answer, Mr. President. Perhaps there is none. And given answer must be the wrong answer. But the members of your Commission believe, Mr. President, that we must seek an answer.”
E. Wiesel
Research results
My research interests lie in social memory, memory places, and memory politics in the 21st century, especially in Poland and in the USA in relation to the Holocaust. To understand contemporary social activities, we must examine them in historical context. The genealogy of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum gives an understanding of how and why the victims of criminal activities, above all victims of the Holocaust are remembered today. Thanks to this we understand what these places are today, and in part we will also understand what other places of memory are.
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The new landscape
In the fall of 2020, many acres of green space on the iconic National Mall in Washington DC full of
Promise
When we speak of the European tradition, we should mention Antiquity, Christianity, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the European Union.
Recalling the Memory of Victims of 9/11. New questions on the culture of remembrance.
In late October, the former hospital in Krakow located in Kopernika Street was transformed into a performative museum for some
100 Misunderstanding
Jerusalem, Israel, is the home and workplace of Andi Arnovitz. She is a conceptual artist and author of “100 Misunderstandings!”
Ida – film about memory
Ida is a drama made by Pawlikowski, whose first film, Sister of Mercy, was his contribution to directing Ida. Ida