Anna Krakus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4282037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Krakus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Krakus |
| SIGNATURE | KRAKUS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cross River State |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5933-8434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“At Bereza, You Are Silent Like in the Grave”
This article examines the marginalization of the Polish concentration camp Bereza Kartuska (1934–1939) within Polish political and academic discourse. By incorporating previously unstudied oral testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, along with two unpublished memoirs, the article offers a more accurate portrayal of the camp to argue that Bereza Kartuska should rightfully be classified as a “concentration camp,” a desi…
Compulsive collectors
Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information relating to himself and his film-making. In 1978 he made a documentary film about a fellow collector, Ludwig Zimmerer (1924–1987), who accumulated thousands of paintings and objects of Polish folk art. This article tells the stories of these two men and their collections. I suggest that an investigation into the lives and times of Wajda and Zimmerer can…
What Does it Mean to be Polish? Europe and Identity in Two Museums in Poland
Since Poland joined the European Union in 2004 the country has experienced a “museum boom.” Over the following decade new museums have been popping up in nearly every Polish town. The political climate in Poland is such that there are two dominant sides of the political spectrum: one, a celebration of liberal democracy and an openness to Europe, the other, anti‐EU and populist nationalist. This paper examines how two new museums in Poland, the Mu…
Death is Merely a Comma
This article examines the motifs of death and immortality in Polish film director and author Tadeusz Konwicki’s 1971 film Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko [How Far, How Near, 1971], and the 1979 novel Mała apokalipsa [A Minor Apocalypse]. In these works, Konwicki grapples with the idea of mortality—he both fixates on and does away with death. At the same time humorous and eerie visits from the other side undo death’s absolute power, even in those case…
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Death is Merely a Comma
This article examines the motifs of death and immortality in Polish film director and author Tadeusz Konwicki’s 1971 film Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko [How Far, How Near, 1971], and the 1979 novel Mała apokalipsa [A Minor Apocalypse]. In these works, Konwicki grapples with the idea of mortality—he both fixates on and does away with death. At the same time humorous and eerie visits from the other side undo death’s absolute power, even in those case…
What Does it Mean to be Polish? Europe and Identity in Two Museums in Poland
Since Poland joined the European Union in 2004 the country has experienced a “museum boom.” Over the following decade new museums have been popping up in nearly every Polish town. The political climate in Poland is such that there are two dominant sides of the political spectrum: one, a celebration of liberal democracy and an openness to Europe, the other, anti‐EU and populist nationalist. This paper examines how two new museums in Poland, the Mu…
Compulsive collectors
Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information relating to himself and his film-making. In 1978 he made a documentary film about a fellow collector, Ludwig Zimmerer (1924–1987), who accumulated thousands of paintings and objects of Polish folk art. This article tells the stories of these two men and their collections. I suggest that an investigation into the lives and times of Wajda and Zimmerer can…
“At Bereza, You Are Silent Like in the Grave”
This article examines the marginalization of the Polish concentration camp Bereza Kartuska (1934–1939) within Polish political and academic discourse. By incorporating previously unstudied oral testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, along with two unpublished memoirs, the article offers a more accurate portrayal of the camp to argue that Bereza Kartuska should rightfully be classified as a “concentration camp,” a desi…
Art (3 works) · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Cult (1 work) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (1 work) · Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (1 work) · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (1 work) · History (1 work) · Identity (music) (1 work)