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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Murder in the cemetery

memorial clashes over the victims of the Soviet-Polish wars

Andrzej Nowak

pp. 149-171

Abstract

Memory events begin at graves, especially mass graves.1 War cemeteries form a natural environment for both memorial clashes and reconciliations. Here I intend to rethink the story of one such event and its victims: the dead. Dead bodies are not infrequently changed into bones of contention between private and public, between politics, histories, and religions, between power, knowledge, and the sacred.2 But can the dead be murdered again?

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Published in:

Blacker Uilleam, Etkind Alexander, Fedor Julie (2013) Memory and theory in Eastern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 149-171

DOI: 10.1057/9781137322067_8

Full citation:

Nowak Andrzej (2013) „Murder in the cemetery: memorial clashes over the victims of the Soviet-Polish wars“, In: U. Blacker, A. Etkind & J. Fedor (eds.), Memory and theory in Eastern Europe, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 149–171.