The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust
- In 2012, while conferring a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on the Polish anti-Nazi resistance fighter Jan Karski, US president Barack Obama inadvertently touched off the greatest crisis in US-Polish relations in recent memory. It was his use of the phrase "Polish death camps" in his speech that set Polish officials off demanding an apology. The article takes this incident as an opportunity to reflect on the sensitivities and pitfalls of addressing recent Polish history during NaziIn 2012, while conferring a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on the Polish anti-Nazi resistance fighter Jan Karski, US president Barack Obama inadvertently touched off the greatest crisis in US-Polish relations in recent memory. It was his use of the phrase "Polish death camps" in his speech that set Polish officials off demanding an apology. The article takes this incident as an opportunity to reflect on the sensitivities and pitfalls of addressing recent Polish history during Nazi occupation.…
Document Type: | Article |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0001 |
Creator and project details | |
Author: | John Connelly |
Publisher: | Imre Kertész Kolleg |
Place of publication: | Jena |
Title details | |
Title (English): | The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust |
Parent Title (German): | Cultures of History Forum |
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Release Date: | 2018/09/13 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2018/08/31 |
Date of first Publication: | 2012/11/24 |
Language: | English |
Subject indexing | |
DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
Tag: | Holocaust; Home Army; Poland; Resistance; Second World War |
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File Size: | 370 KB |
MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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