11 Listopada, Katyń, Powstanie Warszawskie. Zniewolone znaki pamięci
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2025
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Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej
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After World War II, the struggle for the truth about Katyn and the Warsaw Uprising, as well as the commemoration of November 11, were part of a broader struggle between society and the communist authorities, fought in the field of memory. It cemented social resistance, supported by symbols of memory important for the formation of contemporary identity, focusing on issues such as sovereignty – in the decision to fight in 1918, 1939, or 1944; legality – in relation to the Polish Committee of National Liberation and the communist takeover in Poland; and independence – in terms of the relationship with the Red Army and the USSR. The communists used argu- ments condemning the idea of the uprising, as well as accusations against the political leaders and military commanders of the Polish Underground State, which were transferred to the entire elite of the Second Polish Re- public and post-war political emigration, as a weapon in their struggle to consolidate and later maintain their power. This was to be aided by the discrediting of the interwar period, including the Katyn lie. However, they never managed to gain public acceptance or bring about changes in identi- ty on this level. After years of enslavement, symbols and signs of remem- brance important to the nation were used to establish a constitutive act for political transformation and the restoration of a sovereign Poland.
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Sawicki, J. z. (2025). 11 Listopada, Katyń, Powstanie Warszawskie. Zniewolone znaki pamięci. W: M. Gniadek-Zieliński (red.), Polskość - dziesięć wieków definiowania narodu, t. IV: Definiowanie polskości w latach 1939-1989 (s. 414-442). Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej w Krakowie