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The war that never ends : the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk /
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-univers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Public History in International Perspective ;
volume 2 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9783110659092 3110659093 9783110655032 3110655039 |