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Remembering Katyn / Alexander Etkind, Rory Finnin, Uilleam Blacker, Julie Fedor, Simon Lewis, Maria Mälksoo, Matilda Mroz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ėtkind, Aleksandr, 1955- author.
- Finnin, Rory, author.
- Blacker, Uilleam, 1980- author.
- Fedor, Julie, author.
- Lewis, Simon, author.
- Mälksoo, Maria, 1979- author.
- Mroz, Matilda, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Soviet Union.
- Polish people--Crimes against--Russia (Federation)--Katynʹ--History--20th century.
- Polish people.
- Prisoners of war--Crimes against--Russia (Federation)--Katynʹ--History--20th century.
- Prisoners of war.
- Victims of crimes--Poland--Biography.
- Victims of crimes.
- Families--Poland--Biography.
- Families.
- Massacres--Soviet Union.
- Massacres.
- Polish people--Crimes against.
- History.
- Poland--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Poland.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Poland.
- Russia (Federation)--Katynʹ.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 185 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Katyn - the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 - has come to be remembered as Stalin's emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that gives the tragedy its name. Their remains lie buried in killing fields throughout Russia, Ukraine and, most likely, Belarus. Today their ghosts haunt the cultural landscape of Eastern Europe.
- This book traces the legacy of Katyn through the interconnected memory cultures of seven countries: Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States. It explores the meaning of Katyn as site and symbol, event and idea, fact and crypt. It shows how Katyn both incites, nationalist sentiments in Eastern Europe and fosters an emerging cosmopolitan memory of Soviet terror. It also examines the impact of the 2010 plane crash that claimed the lives of Poland's leaders en route to Katyn.
- Drawing on novels and films, debates and controversies, this book makes the case for a transnational study of cultural memory and navigates a contested past in a region that will define Europe's future. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Katyn in Poland 13
- Chapter 2 Katyn in Katyn 35
- Chapter 3 Katyn in Ukraine 54
- Chapter 4 Katyn in Belarus 78
- Chapter 5 Katyn in the Baltic States 89
- Chapter 6 Katyn in Russia 99
- Chapter 7 Katyn in Katyn 114.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-177) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780745655765
- 0745655769
- 9780745655772
- 0745655777
- OCLC:
- 808867253
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