The Annaberg as a German--Polish Lieu de Memoire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11478663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Bjork (0000-0001-5438-8969, corresponding author), R Gerwarth (0000-0003-0424-8081) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 372-400 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-089X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0266355407079909 |
| OpenAlex | W2032646302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This essay analyses a fiercely contested transnational lieu de mémoire in twentieth-century Polish—German history: the Annaberg. Historiography has thus far largely neglected the role played by this `holy mountain' of Upper Silesia, a symbol that has stood at the heart of a number of competing identity-forging narratives. The competition over the Annaberg as a site for multiple collective memories occurred on three distinct but often overlapping levels: first between nation-states, secondly between ideological camps, and thirdly between national- and local-level actors. Drawing on a substantial body of primary sources, this article contributes both to the scholarly investigation of a political myth that cast a long shadow over German—Polish relations and to the growing academic interest in transnational `realms of memory
Archaeology · Art · Collective memory · Competition (biology · Economic history · German · Historiography · Humanities · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Politics of memory · Shadow (psychology · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Classics · European history and politics · Gender Studies · German History and Society · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |