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Englund, M. (2025). Vi, de fördrivna: Historiska erfarenheter hos polska judar som kom till Sverige 1967–1972. (Doctoral dissertation). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vi, de fördrivna: Historiska erfarenheter hos polska judar som kom till Sverige 1967–1972
2025 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Alternative title[en]
We, the Expelled : Historical experiences among Polish Jews that came to Sweden 1967-1972
Abstract [sv]

Vi, de fördrivna är en studie av historiska erfarenheter som kommunicerats av de polska judar som kom till Sverige som flyktingar 1967–1972 på grund av den antisemitiska kampanjen i Polen som inleddes 1967. Kampanjen nådde sitt crescendo i och med de regimkritiska demonstrationerna i mars 1968 och ledde till den sista stora polskjudiska emigrationen. Utifrån en hermeneutiskt grundad oral history presenterar avhandlingen en analys av historiska erfarenheter så som dessa kommuniceras i levnadsberättelser och inspelade dialoger, vilka samlats in i samarbete med Nordiska museet och deras digitala plattform Minnen.se; samt publicerade biografier.

Syftet med avhandlingen är att bidra med en fördjupad och mer nyanserad förståelse av den svenskpolskjudiska historien i relation till två centrala historiska händelser: Förintelsen och den antisemitiska kampanjen. Ur de analyserade erfarenheterna framträder en erfarenhetskronologi med dessa två händelser som organiserande och meningsskapande brytpunkter. Den första och mest betydelsefulla brytpunkten är Förintelsen. Den andra brytpunkten utgörs av den antisemitiska kampanjen, vars följd blev flykten till Sverige. De två brytpunkterna avgränsar en tid före, en tid emellan och en tid efter i erfarenhetskronologin. Analysen av erfarenhetskronologins olika delar utgår från de tongivande narrativ som dominerar i den historiekulturella situation som det historiska berättandet sker i.

De svenskpolska judar som står i fokus för avhandlingen kommunicerar historiska erfarenheter inte bara av Förintelsen och den antisemitiska kampanjen, utan också av Sovjetunionen under Stalin, livet i Polen under kalla kriget, strukturell antisemitism och av Sverige under välfärdsstatens glansperiod. Dessa händelser är centrala i historiekulturen. Samtidigt avviker de mot de narrativ som dominerar. I skildringen av Förintelsen berättar de om överlevnad i Sovjetunionen i kontrast till det tongivande narrativ om Förintelsen som etablerats under det som kallats vittnets tidsålder. Om tiden emellan, i Folkrepubliken Polen, förmedlar de en mer mångfasetterad bild av tillvaron än de tongivande narrativen, förekomsten av strukturell antisemitism spelar en betydande roll. I den avslutande delen om livet i Sverige följer de historiska erfarenheterna däremot det tongivande narrativet om välfärdsstaten. Genom att synliggöra denna grupps förhållningssätt till det förflutna bidrar studien med ett svenskpolskjudiskt perspektiv på några av den europeiska modernitetens mest centrala historiska erfarenheter. 

Abstract [en]

We, the Expelled is a study of historical experiences communicated by the Polish Jews who came to Sweden as refugees in 1967–1972 due to the antisemitic campaign in Poland that began in 1967. The campaign reached its crescendo with the regime critical demonstrations in March 1968 and led to the last major Polish Jewish emigration. Grounded on a hermeneutically based oral history, the dissertation presents an analysis of historical experiences communicated in published biographies as well as in life stories and recorded dialogues, which have been collected in collaboration with the Nordic Museum and their digital collection platform Minnen.se.

The dissertation aims to contribute with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Swedish Polish Jewish history in relation to two central historical events: the Holocaust and the antisemitic campaign. From the analyzed experiences, a chronology of experiences emerges with these two events as organizing and meaning making breaking points. The first and most significant breaking point is the Holocaust. The second is the antisemitic campaign, which resulted in the flight to Sweden. The two breaking points demarcate a time before, a time in between and a time after in the chronology of experience. The analysis of the chronology of experience is based on the narratives that dominate the historical cultural situation in which the historical narration takes place.

The Swedish Polish Jews who are the focus of the dissertation communicate historical experiences not only of the Holocaust and the antisemitic campaign, but also of the Soviet Union under Stalin, life in Poland during the Cold War, structural antisemitism and of Sweden during the heyday of the welfare state. These events are central in the historical culture. At the same time, their experiences deviate from the dominant narratives. In their depiction of the Holocaust, they tell of survival in the Soviet Union in contrast to the dominant narrative about the Holocaust that was established during what has been called the Era of the Witness. During the time in between, in the Polish People’s Republic, they communicate a more multifaceted picture than the dominant narratives, the presence of structural antisemitism plays a significant role. In the concluding part about life in Sweden, however, the historical experiences follow the dominant narrative of the welfare state. By displaying this group’s narration of the past, the study contributes with a Swedish-Polish-Jewish perspective on some of the most central historical experiences of European modernity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2025. p. 305
Series
Södertörn Doctoral Dissertations, ISSN 1652-7399 ; 238
Keywords
Swedish Polish Jewish history, Holocaust, Poland, oral history, hermeneutics, historical culture, historical experiences, didactics of history, migration, antisemitism, communism, the Swedish welfare state., svenskpolskjudisk historia, Förintelsen, Polen, oral history, hermeneutik, historiekultur, historiska erfarenheter, historiedidaktik, migration, antisemitism, kommunism, svenska välfärdsstaten.
National Category
History
Research subject
Historical Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-56910 (URN)978-91-89962-04-0 (ISBN)978-91-89962-05-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-05-09, MA648, Södertörns högskola, Alfred Nobels allé 7, 141 89 Huddinge, Huddinge, 10:00 (Swedish)
Opponent
Supervisors
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
Available from: 2025-04-11 Created: 2025-04-09 Last updated: 2025-04-16Bibliographically approved
Englund, M. (2022). Facing Sweden: The Experience of Sweden after the Forced Migration from Poland During the Antisemitic Campaign, 1967–1972. Studia Scandinavica, 6(26), 93-106
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Facing Sweden: The Experience of Sweden after the Forced Migration from Poland During the Antisemitic Campaign, 1967–1972
2022 (English)In: Studia Scandinavica, ISSN 1230-6053, Vol. 6, no 26, p. 93-106Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article presents how the historical experience of Sweden is depicted in six biographies about the lives of Polish-Jewish refugees who migrated to Sweden from Poland in 1967–1972 due to the antisemitic campaign. It is an early output of the dissertation project Vi, de fördrivna [We, the Expelled], for which the historical experiences of this migrant group are being collected and analyzed. The depiction of Sweden in the biographies is viewed from the perspective of his-torical orientation. Generally, the biographies give a positive picture of Sweden. The Sweden illustrated is contrasted with a repressive depiction of Poland during the antisemitic campaign. Sweden at the time of arrival is also contrasted with Sweden in later years, which might be described as Sweden in decline.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Gdańsk, 2022
Keywords
Polish-Swedish relations, antisemitism, Jewish history, historical experiences, migration
National Category
History
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-52541 (URN)10.26881/ss.2022.26.06 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-10-24 Created: 2023-10-24 Last updated: 2023-10-25Bibliographically approved
Englund, M. (2021). Bunds historia framstår som både avslutad och högaktuell: Bokrecension [Review]. Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, 32(1), 113-116
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Bunds historia framstår som både avslutad och högaktuell: Bokrecension
2021 (English)In: Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, ISSN 0348-1646, Vol. 32, no 1, p. 113-116Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2021
National Category
History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46141 (URN)10.30752/NJ.103425 (DOI)000728364900008 ()2-s2.0-85109016566 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-07-15 Created: 2021-07-15 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Demirel, C. & Englund, M. (2021). Legislating Memory: From Memory Laws to Transitional Justice. Baltic Worlds, 13 June
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Legislating Memory: From Memory Laws to Transitional Justice
2021 (English)In: Baltic Worlds, ISSN 2000-2955, E-ISSN 2001-7308, Vol. 13 JuneArticle in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2021
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-48464 (URN)
Available from: 2022-02-23 Created: 2022-02-23 Last updated: 2023-11-17Bibliographically approved
Englund, M. (2020). "There are many shades of grey in the history of Polish-Jewish relations": An exhibition of memory maps of a lost culture. Baltic Worlds, XIII(2-3), 25-28
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"There are many shades of grey in the history of Polish-Jewish relations": An exhibition of memory maps of a lost culture
2020 (English)In: Baltic Worlds, ISSN 2000-2955, E-ISSN 2001-7308, Vol. XIII, no 2-3, p. 25-28Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Södertörns högskola, 2020
National Category
History
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42023 (URN)
Available from: 2020-10-02 Created: 2020-10-02 Last updated: 2020-10-20Bibliographically approved
Englund, M. (2019). Trevlighetens hegemoni (1ed.). In: Lotta Björkman & Janne Bromseth (Ed.), Normkritisk pedagogik: perspektiv, utmaningar och möjligheter (pp. 265-284). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Trevlighetens hegemoni
2019 (Swedish)In: Normkritisk pedagogik: perspektiv, utmaningar och möjligheter / [ed] Lotta Björkman & Janne Bromseth, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019, 1, p. 265-284Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019 Edition: 1
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42028 (URN)9789144118086 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-10-05 Created: 2020-10-05 Last updated: 2020-10-20Bibliographically approved
Projects
History and Memory of the Holocaust and Romani genocide in a Comparative International Perspective [21-RN-0002_OSS]; Södertörn University
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-6543-8765

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