Museums, Monuments, and Memory in Poland
Collecting Stories
$155.11
- Hardcover
262 pages
- Release Date
19 May 2026
Summary
Even before the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk opened its doors to the public in 2017, its exhibits sparked fierce political debate in the Polish parliament. It was attacked for being “cosmopolitan” and for lacking “a Polish point of view.”
Museums, Monuments, and Memory in Poland offers a wide-ranging examination of how contemporary Poland uses collections—public museums, monuments arranged as archives of memory, and private accumulations—to shape ideological narra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781648251290 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1648251293 |
| Author: | Dr Anna Krakus |
| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Imprint: | University of Rochester Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 262 |
| Release Date: | 19 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe |
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Critics Review
This book compellingly weaves together objects, museums, and collectors to reveal how collections shape ideological narratives in contemporary Poland, providing a nuanced analysis of contested narratives, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of history, memory, and identity.Written against the backdrop of post-1989 transformations and renewed struggles over history in the era of rising illiberalism, this book offers essential insights for scholars of Holocaust and memory studies, museum and heritage studies, East-Central European history, and anyone interested in how societies remember and misremember -and fight over-the past. – Prof. Joanna B. Michlic, Historian, Author, and Co-editor of the Journal of Holocaust Research.
About The Author
Dr Anna Krakus
Anna Krakus is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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