The crosses of Auschwitz : nationalism and religion in post-communist Poland /

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Author / Creator:Zubrzycki, Geneviève.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 277 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281305
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ISBN:9780226993058
0226993051
9780226993034
0226993035
9780226993041
0226993043
1282426974
9781282426979
9786612426971
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Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-263) and index.
English.
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Summary:In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland's borders, Geneviève Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland's statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism. In The Crosses of Auschwitz, Zubrzycki skillfully demonstrates how this episode crystallized latent social conflicts regarding the signi.
Other form:Print version: Zubrzycki, Geneviève. Crosses of Auschwitz. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2006 9780226993041