The war that never ends : The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk / Paweł Machcewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machcewicz, Paweł, Author.

Contributor:

Makowski, Bartosz, Contributor.

Series:

Public History in International Perspective ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muzeum II Wojny Światowej (Gdańsk, Poland)--History.

Muzeum II Wojny Światowej (Gdańsk, Poland).

Poland--Gdańsk.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The story of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk 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". Paweł 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Paweł Is a Dead Man

It All Started with an Article ...

Museum, but What Museum?

"Disintegration of the Polish Nation"

History Museums: Between Collective Imagination and Politics

The First Months at the Office of the Prime Minister

Assembling the Gdańsk Team

Architecture, Archeology, and Construction

Building the Collection and Planning the Exhibitions

The Academic Advisory Committee, or a Multitude of Perspectives

From the Concept to the Exhibitions and Everything in Between

Before the Storm

"The Polish Point of View"

Minister Gliński Comes at Night

The Race Against Time

Parliamentary Committee on Culture: Hunting for "Encyclopedists"

Reviewers Unmasked

Stalingrad Instead of Blitzkrieg

The Finale

Not the End of the Story

Bibliography

Index of Names

Photos

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110655032

3110655039

9783110659092

3110659093

OCLC:

1125187033