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In collaboration with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº School of Slavonic and East European Studies (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº SSEES) and supported by a generous grant from Polonia Aid Foundation Trust and the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies.

A Discussion of the March’68 events in Poland with Krystyna Naszkowska, Joanna Helander, and Dr Katarzyna Zechenter

This event commemorates March’68 in Poland, when major protests against the communist government led to severe suppression of political freedoms, while the government’s anti-Semitic campaign, called ‘Anti-Zionist Campaign’, culminated in the forced migration of 13,000 Polish Jews, many to asylum in Sweden, Denmark or the US.

Krystyna Naszkowska writes about those forced to leave Poland in her book, Expelled to the Paradise. Joanna Helander left Poland for Sweden in 1971. Her film Returns (co-directed with Bo Persson) is devoted to reconstructing the history of her Jewish family.

Dr Katarzyna Zechenter’s major interests are studies of memory, and how the loss of Poland’s Jews is reflected in Polish collective memory.

Registration is required – free and open to all – through Eventbrite.

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