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Polish Literature and Genocide

By (author) Arkadiusz Morawiec, Translated by Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi

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Polish Literature and Genocide presents the attitude of Polish literature to the 20th-century acts of genocide. This volume examines the literary representations of the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and the massacre in Srebrenica in a rich, detailed, and comprehensive way, expanding the existing research and, in some cases, challenging the former sometimes ossified ideas. Polish literature not only reflects the obvious extermination of Jews and Poles, but also records what had been largely overlooked: the extermination of disabled and mentally ill people, the Roma and Sinti, and the Soviet prisoners of war by the Nazis. This volume includes analysis of the literary works of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szlengel, the most prominent Polish-language poet in the Warsaw ghetto; the peculiar reception of Julian Tuwimâ€™s famous poem for children ""Locomotive;"" the memoir of Leon Weliczker, a prisoner of the Janowska concentration camp in Lvov and a member of the â€˜death brigadeâ€™ (Sonderkommando); the origins of Medallions by Zofia NaÅ‚kowska, who â€˜processedâ€™ historical documents into literature and contributed to the making of professor Rudolf Spannerâ€™s â€˜dark legend,â€™ and the textual origins of Tadeusz RÃ³Å¼ewiczâ€™s â€˜poetry after Auschwitz.â€™ Furthermore, this volume addresses issues related to the genesis and function of â€˜genocide literatureâ€™ â€“ aesthetic, cognitive, ideological, and social. This volume will be a crucial resource for academics interested in genocide and Holocaust literary studies.