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The article deals with major conflicts over competing interpretations of contemporary history which took place in Poland after 1989. It frames this subject in a chain of historical debates concerning among others the Second World War, attitudes of Polish society vis-à-vis extermination of Jewish population during the Holocaust and post-War resistance against the Communist regime. It describes attempts of the Polish political right to impose a nationalistic narrative in the sphere of public history and examines political meaning of several state-run projects (Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, Museum of Polish Jews’ History in Warsaw, European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk, Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II in Markowa).
The article deals with the problematic relationship between Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger. The two knew and respected each other intellectually, but the obstacle in their relationship was Heidegger’s involvement in the Nazi movement, which was unacceptable to Celan as a direct witness to the Holocaust. The main difference between them was in their view of the role of language: Heidegger wanted to use ‘poetic’ thought to overcome the crisis of metaphysics and reformulate the question of being, while Celan to give a voice to all the martyred. Though Celan never succeeded in getting Heidegger to apologize in any way for his involvement with the Nazis, his moral superiority – both in his thought world and during their mutual encounters – is obvious. and Der Aufsatz befasst sich mit der problematischen Beziehung zwischen Paul Celan und Martin Heidegger. Die beiden kannten und respektierten sich bis zu einem gewissen Grad, doch für Celan als direkten Zeugen des Holocausts war das nazistische Engagement Heideggers inakzeptabel. Den Hauptunterschied zwischen den beiden sehe ich in deren unterschiedlicher Auffassung der Rolle der Sprache: Heidegger wollte durch ein „dichterisches Denken“ die Krise der Metaphysik überwinden und die Frage nach dem Sein neu formulieren; Celan wollte seine Stimme allen zu Tode Gefolterten verleihen. Celan ist es zwar nie gelungen, Heidegger zu einer Art Entschuldigung für sein Engagement für die Nazis zu bewegen, seine moralische Überlegenheit – sowohl in seiner Gedankenwelt, als auch während ihres gegenseitigen Treffens – ist allerdings deutlich sichtbar.