In Search of Usable Pasts: Poland’s Effort to Overlook its Communist History as Part of its Resurrection of Past National Identity Symbols
Author(s)
Irwin-Zarecka, Iwona
Abstract
Poland has tried to erase the blemish of its communist past by eradicating any reminder of leftist endeavor. The danger of this collective attitude extends to censorship of worthy authors who were communist and the renaming of streets formerly dedicated to World War II, left-wing resistance heroes.
