MUSEUMS OF THE LOST “GERMAN EAST”. THE CONDITIONS OF OPERATING AND THE EVOLUTION OF EXHIBITIONS IN THE POLISH-GERMAN CONTEXT

• Authors: Sacha, Magdalena Izabella

Abstracts

EN

In the article, the so-called eastern German museums and the way they operate is discussed in view of a document ratified by Bundestag in 2016. The document concerned the further action plan for implementing the provisions of paragraph 96 of the Federal Expellee Law of 1953, popularly referred to as a “cultural paragraph”. The term “German East” bears reference to the historic territories of German settlement prior to 1945, whose heritage is a focus of attention for museums as well as science and culture institutions in contemporary Germany. Those eastern German museums have been reviewed herein, whose interest lies, inter alia, in territories presently belonging to Poland: the East Prussian State Museum (Ostpreuβisches Landesmuseum) in Lüneburg, the West Prussian State Museum (Westpreuβisches Landesmuseum) in Warendorf, the State Museum of Pomerania (Pommersches Landesmuseum) in Greifswald, the Silesian Museum (Schlesisches Museum) in Görlitz.

Keywords

EN

“German East”; eastern German museums; paragraph 96 of the Federal Expellee Law (1953); Recovered Territories

• Publisher: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków
• Journal: Muzealnictwo
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 59
• Pages: 68-78

Dates

published

2018-05-31

Contributors

author

Sacha, Magdalena Izabella

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.0741