"Pamiętnik" Rutki Laskier : o społecznej recepcji świadectwa

The article focuses on the civic disagreements concerning the diary of a Jewish fourteen-year-old, Rutka Laskier. The main part of the article comprises a study of the changes in attitudes of the inhabitants of Będzin, brought about by the discover of the diary in 2006, as well as the readings of the diary by the contemporaries. As the author aims to argue, the reading of such a witness account is subject to a significant transformation. The deformation happens in a twofold manner, erasing the traces of the past. What was supposed to “return” Rutka to the city and save her from oblivion became the source of political conflict, social disagreement and even potentially international scandals