"Everything was a void." New order and social chaos -- "There are no Jews here." The language of de-Judaization -- To whom does it belong? Ownership and doubts -- Resentment and compassion -- The antechamber of mystery -- Liberalization, nationalism, and erasure -- Profanation and dirt -- Residual presence -- Anxiety and rediscovery -- The dialectics of preservation -- Conclusions. Enduring ambivalence. "The book examines the fate and symbolic status of Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in post-WWII Poland, focusing on the ways in which these sites were perceived, discussed, and experienced by municipal officials and local inhabitants in small towns that had a substantial Jewish presence until the Holocaust" -- | 
