The Function of Memory from the Warsaw Ghetto as Presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Authors

Hannah M. Labovitz, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Class Year

2021

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Date of Creation

Spring 2021

Department 1

History

Abstract

Because of the extreme challenges they endured within Warsaw Ghetto and the slim chance they had at survival, the Jewish people sought to protect their legacy and leave a lasting impact on the world. They did so by both documenting their experiences, preserving them in what was known as the Oyneg Shabes archives, and by engaging in a bold act of defiance against the Nazis with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943, rewriting the narrative of Jewish passivity. With both instances, the POLIN Museum presents these moments of the past and shapes a collective memory based on a Jewish perspective with which the public can engage.

Comments

Written for HIST 418: Senior Research Seminar on Nazism

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Recommended Citation

Labovitz, Hannah M., "The Function of Memory from the Warsaw Ghetto as Presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews" (2021). Student Publications. 913.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/913