Kultura pamięci mniejszości niemieckiej na Górnym Śląsku – między trudną przeszłością a wyzwaniami współczesności

Marek Mazurkiewicz

doi:10.25167/ppbs368

Published: 2018-10-25

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018)

The cultural memory of the German minority in Silesia. Between the difficult past and challanges of the present

Marek Mazurkiewicz

Border and Regional Studies

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.25167/ppbs368

Abstract

The German minority in Poland, after the turn of 1989 had undergone a process of revival after a period of more than 40 years of tabooing its presence. The community faced a dilemma of choosing the direction of (re)building its own identity. Another problem that arose at the same time was the issue of anchoring its collective memory. In this context, the culture of the German minority in Silesia seems to be a highly interesting and still under-researched research area. The German minority as a community, have, since 1989, the opportunity to form its own, regional, Polish-German memory. The construction of this multicoloured memory, which co-shapes the contemporary Polish and German discourse, unintentionally encounters problems and contradictions.

Keywords:

cultural memory, collective memory, Upper Silesia, Polish-German relations, German minority on Upper Silesia

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Mazurkiewicz, M. (2018). The cultural memory of the German minority in Silesia. Between the difficult past and challanges of the present. Border and Regional Studies, 6(3), 210–227. https://doi.org/10.25167/ppbs368

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