Karina Hoření
Stories of Justification – Stories of Absolution
Číslo: 2/2024
Periodikum: Český lid
DOI: 10.21104/CL.2024.2.01
Klíčová slova: expulsion, post-displacement, hauntology, family history
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Anotace:
The article focuses on how residents of the north Bohemian town of Liberec deal in their family histories with possession of post-displacement. The objects they use were confiscated from the German-speaking minority in the aftermath of World War 2. The text provides an overview of narratives of this event in the Czech public discourse and discusses how these are reflected in family stories. The study is based on three family histories collected during ethnographic fieldwork and the analytical framework is informed by memory studies and theories of hauntology.