In the clutches of (post)memory : a study of the relationship between mother and daughter in Bożena Keff’s "Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie" ["A Piece on Mother and Motherland"]

The article focuses on the issue of postmemory (a term by M. Hirsch) and transgenerational trauma transmission basing on Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie [A Piece on Mother and Motherland] (published in 2008) written by Bożena Keff, the daughter of Holocaust survivor. The main aim is to present the consequences of postmemory and trauma transmission in the context of the relationships within survivor’s family, mainly: the relationship between a mother and a daughter. Analysing the topics of transmitted memories and their consequences, the author provides a theoretical background referencing, among others, the thought of M. Hirsch and K. Goertz