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The author outlines how memory is treated by contemporary artists, philosophers, musicians, sociologists, musicologists, as well as victims of the Holocaust… She paints a rich landscape of how her subject features in the work of composers and their collaborators, many of whom were motivated by memories of the Occupation. With such a subject, the discussion inevitably comes round to the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and ethics. The author quotes Adorno: “Is poetry possible after Auschwitz?”. The work is an answer to that question, and an affirmative one. It must be possible: to restore hope, and to invoke and sustain Memory, at least symbolically – by artistic means. Art, even when it disturbs, brings catharsis and preserves memory. The author impresses with her erudition, wealth of materials cited, musical competence and critical insights. Krzysztof Szwajgier, The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Cracow, Poland.

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Joanna Posłuszna, psychologist and music theorist, assistant professor at the Institute of Psychology at Maria Curie-Skłodowksa University in Lublin, author of several books in Polish and English. Her research is mainly focused on the psychology of music and emotions, memory, and sound in totalitarian institutions.

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