Memory and influence : a story of trauma transmission in Anna Janko’s "Mała Zagłada"

The article focuses on the issue of postmemory (a term by M. Hirsch) basing on Mała Zagłada (published in 2015) written by Anna Janko, the daughter of Teresa Ferenc, who survived the massacre in Sochy (June the 1st 1943). The main objective is not only to present the experience of „the second generation” in the context of the phenomenon of postmemory, but also to analyze the effect of transmitted memories and trauma on next generation representatives’ identity and narrative. Interpreting the subject of postmemory the authoress provides a theoretical background referencing, among others, the thought of M. Hirsch, E. Sicher and H. Raczymow.