„Bez mezuzy i menory”. Białystok. Biała siła, czarna pamięć Marcina Kąckiego

Abstract

The author of the article presents a book by Marcin Kącki, a journalist of "Gazeta Wyborcza", entitled Białystok. Biała siła, czarna pamięć (Białystok. White Power, Black Memory), published in 2015. In the reportage, the author tries to present the reasons why the city in Podlasie began to be presented as a xenophobic space, especially unfriendly to Jews. This is in contrast to the multicultural reality of Białystok, a city inhabited by Poles, Belarussians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and a few Jews. It is a city where Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was born. According to Kącki, the cause of radicalization is the fact that Jews from Białystok have been wiped from the social memory. Kącki's book has aroused great controversy.