Anna Ratke-Majewska explores how the Law and Justice Party's rule (2005-2010 2015-2025) shaped
a specific vision of Polish national identity through the politics of memory. Focusing on the
Warsaw Uprising the Cursed Soldiers and Polish-Jewish relations during World War II she
reveals how state-endorsed narratives elevated selected interpretations of the past while
marginalizing others. The rising conflicts of memories reflected and intensified political and
social divisions turning history into a contested space of identity legitimacy and
ideological struggle in contemporary Poland. These struggles influenced public debate
education and the international image of the Polish state.
