Transcarpathia

The Optation of 1945–1947 in the Collective Memory of Residents of the Slovak-Ukrainian Localities in Transcarpathia

Ižák, Štefan

The present study offers an examination into how residents of the mixed Slovak-Ukrainian areas of Transcarpathia recall the optation process of 1945–1947. As most respondents did not experience the event directly, any knowledge obtained was derived primarily from intergenerational narratives passed down by parents and grandparents. This paper explores how the optation is remembered today and which interpretations and versions are maintained within the collective memory of the studied communities.

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