Search for: [Abstract = %22All Saints%E2%80%99 Day %5C(November 1%5C) is a special moment for the residents of Ko%C5%82obrzeg %5C(Kolberg%5C)%2C a seaside resort in the so%5C-called Recovered Territories%2C i.e. the region incorporated into Poland in 1945 after the Yalta Conference. On that day%2C most of them visit the only municipal cemetery in order to solemnize%2C together with their families%2C the memory of their relatives. By doing this%2C the residents also cultivate collective memory%2C as it has been at least since the 10th century%2C as noted by Jean%5C-Didier Urbain%2C that %E2%80%93 in addition to its individual character %E2%80%93 a European cemetery has had a collective dimension%5C%3B it has been a collective mourning space. The present paper discusses this interpretation of a cemetery as a place for practicing collective memory. Due to the limitations of the publication%2C the text is a description of a single yet fundamental elementof the mosaic of memory in Ko%C5%82obrzeg%2C which is related to its cultural dimension. This element is the Battle of Ko%C5%82obrzeg%2C won after long and fierce combat on March 18%2C 1945%2C by the First Polish Army %E2%80%93 the event that despite the passage of years remains for some residents one of the crucial figures of thinking about the city%E2%80%99s past. On the day of the commemorative festival%2C the memory of those engaged in that battle%2C soldiers who died in combat%2C is taken out of the Ko%C5%82obrzeg imagery and becomes the subject of collective commemoration%22]

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