During the Second World War, the village of Pawłokoma, nowadays located a dozen kilometres from the Polish–Ukrainian border, was an area of conflict between the two nations. It has been almost ten years since a ceremony was held commemorating the victims of the conflict. The ceremony was attended by the Polish and Ukrainian Presidents. Today, the village is a symbol of reconciliation between the two nations. This article analyzes the dynamics of local collective memory about the conflict, using the “working through” concept and works on social remembering as a theoretical framework. In my discussion of the causes and effects of the changes in dynamics, I use data from individual in-depth interviews with three categories of respondents: the inhabitants of Pawłokoma, local leaders, and experts. The aforementioned ceremony was an opportunity for working through the traumatic past in the local community of Pawłokoma. Although social consultations were held in Pawłokoma rather than a comprehensive working-through process, we should be talking about a symbolic substitute for this process. Despite the fact that material commemorations of the Polish and Ukrainian victims were erected, some factors essential to accomplishing the working-through process were missed, such as complex institutional support, the engagement of younger generations, and empathy towards the “Others” and their sufferings.

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（非）内存的对称性

第二次世界大战期间，如今位于波兰与乌克兰边界十多公里之外的Pawłokoma村庄是两国之间的冲突地区。自举行纪念冲突受害者的仪式以来已经过去了将近十年。波兰和乌克兰总统出席了典礼。今天，该村庄是两国和解的象征。本文使用“通行”概念分析了关于冲突的地方集体记忆的动态，并以社会记忆为理论框架。在讨论动力学变化的原因和影响时，我使用了来自与三类受访者进行的单独深度访谈的数据：波沃科马的居民，当地领导人和专家。前述仪式为在波沃科马当地社区度过创伤的过去提供了机会。尽管在帕沃科科马举行了社会协商，而不是在整个过程中进行全面协商，但我们应该谈论的是这一进程的象征性替代。尽管已建立起波兰和乌克兰受害者的物质纪念活动，但错过了完成通关进程必不可少的一些因素，例如复杂的机构支持，年轻一代的参与以及对“其他人”及其痛苦的同情。