The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk
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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The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk
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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The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk

The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk

by Pawel Machcewicz
The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk

The War that Never Ends: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk

by Pawel Machcewicz

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110654608
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 10/08/2019
Series: Public History in International Perspective , #2
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Paweł Machcewicz, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
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