Open AccessMUSEUMS OF THE LOST “GERMAN EAST”. THE CONDITIONS OF OPERATING AND THE EVOLUTION OF EXHIBITIONS IN THE POLISH-GERMAN CONTEXT
Author(s) -
Magdalena Izabella Sacha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0012.0741
Subject(s) - german , exhibition , paragraph , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , cultural heritage , history , german culture , archaeology , political science , law , algorithm , computer science
In the article, the so-called eastern Germanmuseums and the way they operate is discussed in viewof a document ratified by Bundestag in 2016. The documentconcerned the further action plan for implementingthe provisions of paragraph 96 of the Federal Expellee Lawof 1953, popularly referred to as a “cultural paragraph”. Theterm “German East” bears reference to the historic territoriesof German settlement prior to 1945, whose heritageis a focus of attention for museums as well as science andculture institutions in contemporary Germany. Those easternGerman museums have been reviewed herein, whoseinterest lies, inter alia, in territories presently belonging toPoland: the East Prussian State Museum (OstpreuβischesLandesmuseum) in Lüneburg, the West Prussian StateMuseum (Westpreuβisches Landesmuseum) in Warendorf,the State Museum of Pomerania (PommerschesLandesmuseum) in Greifswald, the Silesian Museum(Schlesisches Museum) in Görlitz.