A history of overwriting: Jewish cemeteries in postwar Poland, Ukraine and Belarus
Focused on the post-1944 history of Jewish cemeteries in three towns: Iŭje (Belarus), Berezne (Ukraine) and Biłgoraj (Poland) this paper examines different local trajectories of repurposing and overwriting Jewish cemeteries. This comparative study goes beyond the top-down policy analysis to include...
| Subtitles: | After the Void: The Afterlife of the Shtetl in Postwar Poland, Belarus and Ukraine |
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| Authors: | ; ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Holocaust studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 469-497 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish cemeteries
B Poland B USSR B Antisemitism B Jewish material heritage |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | Focused on the post-1944 history of Jewish cemeteries in three towns: Iŭje (Belarus), Berezne (Ukraine) and Biłgoraj (Poland) this paper examines different local trajectories of repurposing and overwriting Jewish cemeteries. This comparative study goes beyond the top-down policy analysis to include the ways the local population participated in and reacted to these acts of overwriting. We complement the historical consideration with an ethnographic approach that explores how ‘overwritten’ Jewish cemeteries have been used by the local inhabitants, how they featured on their mental maps, what myths and narratives they triggered, and what spatial practices their new status afforded. |
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| ISSN: | 2048-4887 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17504902.2024.2392323 |
