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Narratives of the Second World War in anniversary resolutions by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland (1989–2023). research conclusions

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  • Bartłomiej Secler

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This article is devoted to the post-1989 commemorative resolutions of the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland commemorating events and persons associated with the Second World War. This event and narratives about the war are an integral part of Polish political and media discourse. The problematic of this article is related to the answer to the question of the contemporary ways in which the Polish Parliament narrates the Second World War in the resolutions commemorating this event. The topic is justified insofar as the commemorative resolutions of the Polish Parliament are often treated as an instrument of historical politics. They are used by the authorities to conduct internal and external state policy. The theoretical framework and conceptual grid of this article is determined by the concept of commemorative politics, which is linked to the authorities and their efforts to shape collective memory. The method of analysis is qualitative source analysis. From the collected corpus of 774 commemorative resolutions of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland, those were selected that were directly related to the commemoration of various aspects of the Second World War.

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  • Bartłomiej Secler, 2026. "Narratives of the Second World War in anniversary resolutions by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland (1989–2023). research conclusions," Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(1), pages 111-131, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdebxx:v:34:y:2026:i:1:p:111-131
    DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2025.2567935
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