Heritage Without Heirs: The German Legacy in Serbia. The Case of the Museum of Danube Swabians

• Authors: Sabina Giergiel , Katarzyna Taczyńska

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on the first historical museum in Serbia, established in Sombor in 2019 (the Museum of the Danube Swabians), with an exhibition devoted to the presence of Germans in Vojvodina. The artefacts presented at the exhibition, left behind by the Germans who used to live in Vojvodina, have been recognised as part of Serbia’s difficult heritage (the term coined by Sharon Macdonald). The article analyses the permanent exhibition and the museum’s efforts to involve the local residents in creating said exhibition. The article also asks whether the museum in Sombor can shape the collective identity of Serbs and undermine its ethno-nationalist character.

Keywords

EN

Serbia; Danube Swabians; Germans; Sombor; museum; difficult heritage

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 128
• Pages: 127-150

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Sabina Giergiel

• Institute of Slavonic Studies, Jagiellonian University

• https://orcid.org/0000000257065679

author

Katarzyna Taczyńska

• Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Science

• https://orcid.org/0000000185404132

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2023.128.06

Biblioteka Nauki

28706370