Small places of grand stories : the Kołobrzeg War Cemetery
Journal: Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)
Year: 2017

All Saints' Day (November 1) is a special moment for the residents of Koobrzeg (Kolberg), a seaside resort in the so-called Recovered Territories, i.e. the region incorporated into Poland in 1945 after the Yalta Conference.On that day, most of them visit the only municipal cemetery in order to solemnize, together with their families, the memory of their relatives.By doing this, the residents also cultivate collective memory, as it has been at least since the 10 th century, as noted by Jean-Didie