Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred
This article explores Holocaust memory in Slovakia, shedding light on how Slovak citizens perceive this past and its transgenerational transmission. The data presented were gathered in 2023 through ethnographic fieldwork and focus group interviews with informants belonging to three generations (betw...
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| description | This article explores Holocaust memory in Slovakia, shedding light on how Slovak citizens perceive this past and its transgenerational transmission. The data presented were gathered in 2023 through ethnographic fieldwork and focus group interviews with informants belonging to three generations (between ages of 18 and 95), in three different locations across the country: Krupina, Prešov, and Bratislava. The initial findings show that Slovakia has been moving from indifference towards the Holocaust to the limited capability of realizing the actual causes and effects of atrocities, while at the same time officially accepting the commemorative centrality of the Holocaust. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9558a39b9de4a8e91e3cfe69e9d59c52025-08-20T03:44:19ZengWydawnictwa AGHStudia Humanistyczne AGH2300-71092025-01-01232557410.7494/human.2024.23.2.66886641Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of HatredJuraj Buzalka0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-122XKatarína Očková1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-2156FSES Comenius University in Bratislava FSES Comenius University in BratislavaThis article explores Holocaust memory in Slovakia, shedding light on how Slovak citizens perceive this past and its transgenerational transmission. The data presented were gathered in 2023 through ethnographic fieldwork and focus group interviews with informants belonging to three generations (between ages of 18 and 95), in three different locations across the country: Krupina, Prešov, and Bratislava. The initial findings show that Slovakia has been moving from indifference towards the Holocaust to the limited capability of realizing the actual causes and effects of atrocities, while at the same time officially accepting the commemorative centrality of the Holocaust.https://journals.agh.edu.pl/human/article/view/6688holocaustmemoryforgettingcommemorationtransmissionslovakia |
| spellingShingle | Juraj Buzalka Katarína Očková Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred Studia Humanistyczne AGH holocaust memory forgetting commemoration transmission slovakia |
| title | Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred |
| title_full | Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred |
| title_fullStr | Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred |
| title_short | Transgenerational Holocaust Memory In Slovakia: From Forgetting to Ambivalence About the Roots of Hatred |
| title_sort | transgenerational holocaust memory in slovakia from forgetting to ambivalence about the roots of hatred |
| topic | holocaust memory forgetting commemoration transmission slovakia |
| url | https://journals.agh.edu.pl/human/article/view/6688 |
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