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The author analyzes selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory and its impact on national identity. The Holocaust, self-scrutiny in historical memory, and foundation myths are focused in relation to the sense of covenant in the films drawn from the respective national communities.

Christopher Garbowski is an Associate Professor at the Department of English at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland. He is the author and co-editor of several books, for example on religious life in Poland and on American and Polish cinema.