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Identifier	Thesis 1516
Author	Avery, Maria R
Title	Preserving memory at Auschwitz : a study in Polish-Jewish historical memory / Maria R. Avery
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	1999
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	A growing forest of crosses cover the entrance way to Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp. Their presence is in protest to the possible removal of a 21-foot cross that already exists at the site. That cross was used by Pope John Paul II in a mass at Auschwitz in 1979. Jewish groups want the large cross removed, saying it is visible from inside Auschwitz and violates the memory of the more than 1 million Jews killed at Auschwitz and nearby Birkenau. The Conservative Roman Catholic Poles who placed the crosses next to the former death camp wish to honor Poles killed by the Nazis during World War II. This is just the latest round in a decade long controversy over how Auschwitz should be viewed and how the memory of the over 1 million people who were murdered there should be honored. This thesis examines Polish-Jewish historical memory surrounding Auschwitz and the Holocaust. This study develops in three stages. The first stage examines the history of Auschwitz, where between 1940-1942 hundreds of thousands of prisoners, mainly Poles, labored and died under the most horrific conditions and where between 1942-1945 approximately one and a half million Jews were gassed to death as part of the Nazis' Final Solution. The second stage examine Poland's memory of the Holocaust as result of its incorporation, for over four decades, into the Soviet empire. The study than moves to the current conflicts of memory between Poles and Jews regarding Auschwitz as both groups began to reconstruct the past in the light of the fall of the Communist party in Poland. The study than concludes by exploring the latest efforts by both Poles and Jews to reconcile differences regarding Auschwitz remembrance, and ways in which both groups are working towards a fitting memorial to that tragic period in human history. This study has shown that there is no simple solution for the future of Auschwitz remembrance. The camp has played an important role in the historical memories of both Pole and Jews. Since both groups bring disparate spiritual claims to the site, controversies inevitably erupt. The future of Auschwitz remembrance must reflect the facts now brought to light with the collapse of the Soviet Union and must also remain sensitive to the memories of all who died here. Ninety percent of the victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau were Jews. This knowledge, suppressed in Poland for over forty years while under Communist control, has brought changes to the memorial site in recent years. Monuments have been changed in order to accurately identify its victims as mainly Jewish men, women, and children. Polish martyrdom must also not be forgotten. The Auschwitz of the future must remain sensitive to the memory of the Jewish victims while also allowing Poles to remember their own fallen patriots in a way that brings meaning to them. As is evident by the continued cross controversies, this isn't easy. The future of Auschwitz memory remains a real place with real challenges for both Jews and Poles in the contemporary world.
Subject	Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Jews, Polish Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Blejwas, Stanislaus A.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	42412071
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