Образи українсько-польського пограниччя періоду Другої світової війни (за матеріалами спогадів жінок, депортованих із Холмщини)

On the grounds of the published materials on memories and on the basis of the author`s

recorded interviews the image of «the place of birth», kept in mind of many Ukrainian women, deported from the Kholm region as a result of the Second World War, has been recreated. It is affirmed that such an image had been shaped under the considerable infl uence of the experienced events and their emotional colouring. The peaceful coexistence of Polish and Ukrainian people in the Kholm region during the interwar period, the aggravation of relations owing to the intervention of the «third parties», fears and expectations, gramatic confl icts, the circumstances of resettling in a new place and socially-psychological adaptation in the new conditions are the key subjects of the memories. On the basis of questioning the descendants of settlers the preservation of the historical memory about the Kholm region can be observed in their families. The content-analysis of the interviews has been performed, which allowed to show the views that refl ect the attitude of the resettled women towards their «place of birth».

the Kholm region, deportation, historical memory, the Ukrainian-Polish

borderline, women during the period of the Second World War.