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Those who return to Omelas
Agnieszka Haska
ahaska@ifispan.edu.pl Author BiographyCultural studies scholar, sociologist, member of the Center for Holocaust Research at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics, from the history of attempts to rescue Jews using passports from other countries, through analyses of the discourse on collaboration during World War II, to an anthropological look at various forms of memory and post-memory. She is the author of books including Jestem Żydem, chcę wejść [I am a Jew, I want to enter]. Hotel Polski w Warszawie 1943 (I Am a Jew, I Want to Enter. Hotel Polski in Warsaw 1943) (2006) and Hańba! Opowieści o polskiej zdradzie (Shame! Stories of Polish Betrayal) (2018).
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0545-5250
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 21 (2025), Pages: 70-75
Submission Date: 2025-08-12Publication Date: 2025-12-27
https://doi.org/10.32927/zzsim.1133
Abstract
The article reflects on the significance of Jan Tomasz Gross’s Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland twenty-five years after its publication. Author represents the generation of scholars who came “after Neighbors”, i.e. started their research and career after the pivotal moment that reshaped Polish historiography, challenging the dominant narratives of “national innocence” and stimulating the development of a multidisciplinary Holocaust studies in Poland. Through personal reflection and institutional perspective, author highlights how Gross’s work fostered a new attentiveness – both scholarly and empathetic – to Jewish voices, silenced memories and neglected source materials. The article is based on a paper presented at a meeting, organized by Faculty of History, Warsaw University on 16 May 2025, marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of Jan Tomasz Gross’s Neighbors.
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