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Displaced Memories of a Displaced People

Oksana Kis

Displaced Memories of a Displaced People: Towards the Problem of Missing Polish Narratives in Lviv

Every time when it comes to discussion on historical memory, I recall one story told by an elderly woman long ago. It was in mid 1980s, I was a teenager then and she was probably in her sixties. We were stuck together in a hospital room for about one week. The old lady was quite talkative so I had a chance to hear a lot about her life. With time most of that has been forgotten, but one story gives me no rest even today.

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