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23%OFFGenevieve Zubrzycki - The Crosses of Auschwitz - 9780226993041 - V9780226993041
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The Crosses of Auschwitz

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Description for The Crosses of Auschwitz Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 39 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.

In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland’s borders, Geneviève Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland’s statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism.

In The Crosses of Auschwitz, Zubrzycki skillfully demonstrates how this episode crystallized latent social conflicts regarding the significance of Catholicism in defining “Polishness” and the role of anti-Semitism in the construction of a new Polish identity. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226993041
SKU
V9780226993041
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