Post-communist invocation of Europe: memorial museums’ narratives and the Europeanization of memory

Radonić, Ljiljana

doi:10.1080/14608944.2016.1264377

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“…Consideration of the role and place of the Second World War in the politics of memory of modern Georgia is connected with relations with Russia, as well as the political decision of Tbilisi to be associated with the European Union and, as a result, with the European memory space (Radonić, 2017).…”

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World War Ii In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia

Goryushina¹

2022

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The older generation is distinguished by inclusiveness in the common memorial space of the USSR and commitment to participation in the Great Patriotic War. Georgian youth demonstrates a rejection of the common historical memory with Russia and the entire Soviet legacy, preferring to have in common with the commemorative space associated with the Second World War. The paper discusses that historical memory camouflages many memorial conflicts, contributing to the memorization of dramatic episodes (recent or old) using the past in the present, in which old grievances, hatred, and a suppressed sense of retribution are reactivated. The study aims to identify the key contradictions associated with the implementation of the modern policy of memory of Georgia and commemoration of the Great Patriotic War / World War II. The article describes some examples of the dual perception of the historical past of the Second World War. The results show that the paradigm shift from the common Soviet past to its complete denial in Georgia was accompanied by a rapid politicization of historical memory. The rejection of Soviet doctrine has led to a lack of reconciliation with the past. There was a transformation of the memory of the Great Patriotic War into the memory of the Second World War and the minimization or exaggeration of the role of the Georgian population in it.

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World War Ii In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia

Goryushina¹

2022

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…Researchers (Radonić, 2017(Radonić, , 2020Rectanus, 2006;Tanović, 2019;Williams, 2007Williams, , 2017 have already drawn attention to the fact that one of the expressions of the globalization process in the museum field is that museums increasingly relate to each other and resort to similar design solutions, narrative strategies and forms of commemoration. This applies in particular to World War II, Holocaust and other memorial museums.…”

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A global label and its local appropriations. Representations of the Righteous Among the Nations in contemporary European museums

Wóycicka

2021

Memory Studies

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This paper, intended as a contribution to transnational memory studies, analyzes museums devoted to people who helped Jews during the Holocaust that recently opened in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Lithuania, and Poland. The author’s particular interest lies in the “traveling motifs” of the “Righteous” narratives. This category encompasses symbols such as a list of names of the help-providers, a fruit tree/orchard, or a wall with photographs of Holocaust victims, which recur in many of the examined exhibitions and are a clear reference to Yad Vashem and other well-established Holocaust memorials. At first sight, they seem to point to a “cosmopolitanization” of Holocaust remembrance and to the emergence of a common reservoir of historical notions and images. However, on closer inspection one discovers that the use of these symbols varies and that they refer to differing ways of understanding and telling history.

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“…I have shown elsewhere (Radonić 2017) that post-communist memorial museums tend to fall into two categories. The first category stresses the allegiance to Europe, refers to international standards of musealization, and claims to focus on the individual victim: The Jasenovac Memorial Museum and the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Budapest show stunning similarities when it comes to dark exhibition rooms, names of the victims written in white letters on a black backdrop, the focus on testimonies, and the personal belongings of individual victims exhibited in glass showcases.…”

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The Afterlife of the Shoah in Central and Eastern European Cultures

Artwińska¹,

Tippner²

2021

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Post-communist invocation of Europe: memorial museums’ narratives and the Europeanization of memory

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

World War Ii In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia

World War Ii In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia

A global label and its local appropriations. Representations of the Righteous Among the Nations in contemporary European museums

The Afterlife of the Shoah in Central and Eastern European Cultures

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