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Muranów
Layersof
Life,Layers
ofMemory
KamilaRadecka-Mikulicz
uIt’ssoquiet,asifthewholeuniversehasceased
toexist,”notedMordechaiCaninwhilewandering
acrossruinedMuranówrightafterthewarhadend-
ed.Hiswordsconjureupamassive,terrifyingvoid,
especiallywhenjuxtaposedwiththepre-warhustle
andbustleofthedistrictthatwasstillsofreshin
people’smemory.
Andyet,thesilencecansometimesbecomforting
aswell.BernardSingerwroteaboutthepeaceful
pre-warNalewkiStreetonaholyday.Today’sres-
identsofMuranów,thosewhosettledhereafter
thewar,appreciatethepeaceandquietofthedis-
trict’sgreencourtyards.
Exhibition
ThesilencedescribedbyCaninisominousand
Thispublicationaccompaniesthefirsttemporary
brooding.Itsymbolisestheirresistibleforce
exhibitionfullydedicatedtothehistoricalcontext
ofahistorysteamrollerthatsweptthroughthe
ofthePOLINMuseumlocation.Muranów’sgenius
squaresandcourtyardsofthedistrict,obliterat-
lociisthepointofdeparturefortheexposition.
ingthesenseoffeelingathome,thecosydaily
Werevealthemulti-layeredhistoryofthedistrict,
existence,anddrawingthelocalcommunity—
fromitsbeginningsuntilthepresentday,including
againstitswill—intothepoliticalmachinery.Today,
itsarchitecturalandexistentialcomplexity.How-
thesamesteamrollercould,too,wipeoutanother
ever,firstandforemost,wetellthestoryofMu-
layerofthepalimpsest,inordertomakespacefor
ranów’sresidents.
anewone.
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