Upamiętnienie deportacji pomorskich Żydów w roku 1940 Szczecińskie praktyki komemoracyjne
Commemorating the Deportation of Pomeranian Jews in 1940: Szczecin’s Commemorative Practices

Summary/Abstract: The deportation of Jews from the German Province of Pomerania (Ger. ProvinzPommern) to occupied Poland occurred in February 1940. This marked the first or-ganised and methodical deportation of Jews from the Old Reich. Most of those dis-placed were killed during Operation Reinhardt in 1942. Until the early twenty-firstcentury, this event remained relatively unknown in Western Pomerania, despite sig-nificant research by both German and Polish historians. It was only through the effortsof individuals, associations, and institutions committed to fostering Polish-Jewish andPolish-German dialogue that this tragic chapter became more prominent in the his-torical consciousness of Szczecin’s residents. This article aims to achieve two objec-tives: first, to analyse how this Second World War event is currently discussed andremembered in contemporary Szczecin, with a focus on selected commemorativepractices; and second, to find an interpretation key for these practices through thelens of memory studies, particularly the concepts of mediated memory and prostheticmemory. The article is based on extensive archival research, as well as library and presssurveys. It also incorporates statements and materials from key contributors to thecommemoration of the deportation of Jews from Szczecin during the winter of 1940.

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