ISBN10: 837577121X, ISBN13: 9788375771213, [publisher: Historical Museum of the City of Krakow, Krakow / Cracow] Softcover First Edition Paperback, 261 pages, glossy paper, numerous illustrations, NOT ex-library. Weight: 648g / 1.43lb. A clean and bright copy, interior shows an erased pencil price (last page), gentle wear to tips of page corners, otherwise in fine condition, free of inscriptions and stamps, with unmarked text, firmly bound. Clean and bright page edges externally. Cover with a touch of shelfwear, short creases to tips of corners. Gentle cosmetic wear to upper spine: a closed surface tear (not affecting the binding). Spine ends show mild creases, little scuffing. -- "Memory of the past is one of the principal criteria for maintaining both individual and collective identity. Memory builds a sense of collective identity through raising awareness of a community's shared past or coexistence over a period of time. Professor Leszek Kolakowski said: 'What is a nation? It is that collective memory that gets across to everyone through school as well as through a range of simple traditions, such as monuments, songs, music, literature, all of which constitute our nationhood. Memory is all that makes us live on a separate whole." -- Contents: Foreword / Michal Niezabitowski; -- History: -- Deportations of Krakow Jews to the Extermination Camp in Belzec in 1942 / Robert Kuwalek; -- Witnesses: -- Pirogalach / Yuval Yareach; Traces of Memory / Kat ...
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