Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
29,4 (2023) 633-654
Keywords:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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Popular music 21st century
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Songs Texts
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History and criticism
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in music
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
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Collective memory
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Jedwabne Massacre, Jedwabne, Poland, 1941
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Oświęcim (Poland)
Abstract:
There are three important phenomena in the lyrics of popular Polish songs about the Holocaust. Firstly, there is local resistance to the conflation of the town of Oświęcim with the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Secondly, the memory of the Jedwabne pogrom is used as a yardstick for contemporary societal evils and to comment upon the chasm between conservative and liberal segments in Polish society. Thirdly, the Catholic pro-life movement juxtaposes abortion and the Holocaust. These songs were released after the publication of Jan T. Gross’s Neighbors (2000) but there is a disparity in how the genocidal past is treated.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2022.2116546
URL:
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