Department of History

contributor's note attached:

"Julia Maria Koszewska was born in 1982 in Poland, where she lived for ¼ of a century. She studied religious studies as well as library and information science. For the years 2006-2007 Julia was a member of the European Team (coordinators) of JECI-MIEC European Coordination. Julia is very active in inter-religious and ecumenical dialogue in Europe. Working as a trainer and being a full-time student for many years, she got into youth reality from two perspectives: as a participant and as a leader. Her life motto is “be brave enough to realise your dreams”, while her hobby is photography.
Online profile: http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-trainer/801.html" (p. 64).
keywords: religion, culture, identity, trinity, Europe, youth, dialogue, dialog

Vastly growing online free-hospitality networks are a phenomenon of modern times. They have been already subject of social and peace studies, here explored from the perspective of information science.
The main focus in this research, author puts on the role of information in modern society, particularly on access to information and information management as prerequisites for participative and democratic society.
Both theoretically and empirically, author explores first the changes in society that were caused by popular usage of Internet, secondly introduces the phenomenon of free-hospitality as an example of modern social network, lastly explores in details functioning of these networks and throughout whole text the role of information in here.
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Genealogia jako nauka pomocnicza historii, rozszerzyła swój zakres. Wynikiem badań genealogicznych nie są już tylko dane osobowe przodków, ale także wiedza o czasach i miejscu, w których żyli. W powszechnym rozumieniu genealogia Żydów wydaje się trudnym tematem badań, gdyż panuje przekonanie, że wszystkie dokumenty zginęły bądź zostały zniszczone w czasie II wojny światowej. Istnieje jednak dużo materiałów, które mogą być doskonałym źródłem informacji. Również rozwój technologii (technik komputerowych, Internetu, biotechnologii) stał się czynnikiem rozwoju i popularyzacji badań genealogicznych.

keywords: Żydzi, Zydzi, genealogia, genealogia żydowska, żydowska genealogia, genealogia zydowska, genealogia żydowska, genealogia żydowska, genealogia nazwiska Żydóww, żydowska genealogia, genealogia zydow polskich, genealogia żydów polskich, Polska, internet, drzewo genealogiczne, genealogiczne bazy danych, databases, Jews, genealogy, Poland, JewishGen, genealogical database ...

"This publication is the first manual for the inter-religious dialogue in the youth work. In the youth-friendly way it presents the theoretical basis for this dialogue, good examples, sample scenarios, lists what's important to remember and what are the potential reasons of conflicts. What one shall consider while organizing such an event: from the gender sensitivity issues to the calendar or the dietary needs.
An important aspect of this book is also that it has been written (and the concept for this book has been founded) by the representatives of youth faith-based organizations which had worked in a close cooperation, so this book has been an inter-religious dialogue already in the process of writing.

Published in 2008 by the European Youth Forum in the framework of the 2008 - European Year for Inter-cultural Dialogue."

Experience such as the Second World War, and especially Holocaust, has vast impact on Europe and other
regions of the World. The War that broke out at one continent, became an universal experience. Holocaust, planned
mainly for the Jewish nation, became the issue which concerns all nations.
Title issue refers to the presence of the subject of Holocaust in the collective memory and public discours, in the cultural
memory and memory dominant, which results in identity.
The presentation focuses on the two countries: Poland and Israel in the years 1995-2009
After the World War II, the political division of Europe (especially in the period of the Cold War), including the division of
the country of the War initiator (namely Germany), has been reflecting the division of the values, political system as well
as the official history and interpretation of the past in Europe. In early 1990s, after the political changes in Europe: fall of
communism, collapse of the Berlin Wall, the official mainstream of 20th century history teaching has changed. Also then
(1995) the World has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. The
following years set a new form of history teaching in different countries, as well as developping common guidelines by the
Council of Europe and European Union. In 1998 the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust, Education,
Remembrance and Research shas been founded. The following years brings standarization of the guidelines on the
Holocaust education and introduction of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The changes occurs in the identity of the post-socialist countries but also the European Union experiences changes in
own identity.

The post-traumatic stress disorder have been studied from several perspectives: historical and psychological aspect of transmission of trauma. However in all studies it has been presented in relation to the direct victims and their descendants.
The authors present new perspective of post-Holocaust trauma.The trauma of Polish society who because of Holocaust has lost its Jews. Usually the researches don't realise that the lost of the Jewish part of polish society is not only a lost for the history of Jewish nation but also a lost for Polish society.The departure point is that the collective trauma can affect also non-direct victims, this paper aims proving that this trauma can affect also non-relatives of direct victims but also influence broader consciousness of polish society who still(or only now: after the transformation of 1989) feels and is ready to speak out the loss. This 'group of memory' feeling is being compared to the the R. Melzack's concept of' 'neuromatrix' and to the pain syndromes such as the phantom-pains. This paper applies this medical concept to the social milieu: the loss of the Jewish presence is being internalised by Poles today and often expressed as something they can feel. The paper presents also several solutions by the Polish society in order to face the loss and cure the pain: the good-practices of regaining the 'local knowledge' (after M. Foucault) about the lost limbs: Polish Jews. The metaphor of "phantom-pains" is used here as a departure point for understanding how the polish society is dealing with the trauma of the loss of the Jews and finds the answer on:how is it possible for Poles who didn't experience the actual trauma and were born into "Poland without Jews", to feel those "phantom pains"?
The uniqueness and innovation that this paper brings,lays also in diverse perspectives the subject is studied: using terms of neuro-psychology, sociology and memory studies, but also from several points of view by the authors. Both authors were born in same year – as the third generation in families who survived the Second World War. Yechiel Weizman – young researcher, born in Israel to the Holocaust Survivors' family, and Julia Koszewska – young researcher and activist, born in Poland to the family of activists of the polish resistance movement during the WWII. Their personal lenses reflect in broadening the perspective on the examined issue.

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