The War that Never Ends

The Museum of the Second World War in Gda¿sk
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-11-065460-8
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 194 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

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The story of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk epitomizes one of the most important and dramatic clashes in the European culture of memory and public history in last decades. The museum became the arch-enemy for the nationalist right-wing as “cosmopolitan”, “pseudo-universalistic”, “pacifistic” and “not Polish enough”. Pawel Machcewicz, historian and museum`s founding director, was removed from his position by the Law and Justice government immediately after opening the museum to the public. In his book he presents this story as a part of cultural wars that tear apart not only Poland but also many countries in Europe and on other continents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Machcewicz, Pawe¿

Machcewicz, Pawel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur

Über Autor(innen)

Pawel Machcewicz, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.