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The book offers an interdisciplinary but very grounded look at the question of memory politics in contemporary Poland. It describes the conflicting ways in which two groups of people - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime - have actively engaged in representations and claims about the communist past in the contemporary reality of one Polish town. The material is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted during the years 2006-2008. The author focuses on the processes of reconstruction of memories and subjectivities taking place at the intersection

Historiography --- Memory --- Post-communism --- Collective memory --- Group identity --- Ethnology --- Political aspects --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Social psychology --- National characteristics --- Retention (Psychology) --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Comprehension --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Mnemonics --- Perseveration (Psychology) --- Reproduction (Psychology) --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Criticism --- Historiography - Political aspects - Poland - History. --- Memory - Political aspects - Poland --- Collective memory - Poland. --- Group identity - Poland - Case studies --- Communist --- Erinnerung --- Evoking --- Geschichtlichkeit --- Kommunismus --- memory landscape --- Mlynarczyk --- Polish --- politische Gewalt --- Politische Identität --- State --- Transition --- Witeska