Abstract
Relations between explicit and implicit memory of traumatic events are discussed in context of common memory manipulations for present political reasons. Destructive consequences of stirring up group cohesion with negative emotions are emphasized. Reaction for traumatic event is discussed in context of mourning process. Memory of Shoah as unique traumatic experience is analyzed in perspective of commemoration and part of group common memory. Frizzing of individual memory process is suggested to be a consequence. Ways of commemoration of the Shoah and victims of the Holocaust in form of monuments are used as examples. As well as selected pieces of art. being a form of individual mourning.
Highlights
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between the contents of memory and the effects of commemoration
On the tragic mountain passes the wind blows hats off heads and we cannot help but laugh. (“Quickly drying blood”, according to David Rieff, is a remark Charles de Gaulle used in political discussion on French strategy in Algiers’ war for independence.) Rieff argues that collective memory, so important for group identity, can be manipulated for current political goals
A similar intention lies behind placing small metal plates on the streets of European towns on houses inhabited by Jewish families before they perished in the Holocaust
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between the contents of memory and the effects of commemoration. Commemoration is an act that arises from an intention to keep the memory of a person or a thing alive. The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews offers a special opportunity to discuss the relationship between memory and commemoration.
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