Abstract
This essay analyses a fiercely contested transnational lieu de mémoire in twentieth-century Polish—German history: the Annaberg. Historiography has thus far largely neglected the role played by this `holy mountain' of Upper Silesia, a symbol that has stood at the heart of a number of competing identity-forging narratives. The competition over the Annaberg as a site for multiple collective memories occurred on three distinct but often overlapping levels: first between nation-states, secondly between ideological camps, and thirdly between national- and local-level actors. Drawing on a substantial body of primary sources, this article contributes both to the scholarly investigation of a political myth that cast a long shadow over German—Polish relations and to the growing academic interest in transnational `realms of memory'.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 372 - 400 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | German History |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |