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Author Bogumił, Zuzanna, author.

Title The enemy on display : the Second World War in Eastern European museums / Zuzanna Bogumil, Joanna Wawrzyniak, Tim Buchen, Christian Ganzer, and Maria Senina.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Museums and collections ; Volume 7
Museums and collections ; Volume 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the enemy on display -- Temple of heroic community: Soviet people, Leningraders and German-Fascists in the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg -- Temple of romantic martyrdom: Poles, Germans and Jews in the Historical Museum of Warsaw -- Forum revising national myths: Second World War in the Dresden City Museum -- Conclusions.
Summary Eastern European museums represent traumatic events of World War II, such as the Siege of Leningrad, the Warsaw Uprisings, and the Bombardment of Dresden, in ways that depict the enemy in particular ways. This image results from the interweaving of historical representations, cultural stereotypes and beliefs, political discourses, and the dynamics of exhibition narratives. This book presents a useful methodology for examining museum images and provides a critical analysis of the role historical museums play in the contemporary world. As the catastrophes of World War II still exert an enormous influence on the national identities of Russians, Poles, and Germans, museum exhibits can thus play an important role in this process.-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Museums -- Europe, Eastern.
Collective memory -- Europe, Eastern.
Collective memory.
Eastern Europe.
Memorialization -- Europe, Eastern.
Memorialization.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
World War (1939-1945)
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Added Author Wawrzyniak, Joanna, 1975- author.
Buchen, Tim, author.
Ganzer, Christian, author.
Senina, Maria, author.
Other Form: Print version: Bogumił, Zuzanna. Enemy on display 9781782382171 (DLC) 2015002048 (OCoLC)896862124
ISBN 9781782382188 (electronic book)
1782382186 (electronic book)
9781782382171
1782382178