The Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Museum in Warsaw: Between History and Religion

What happens when the Church engages in public negotiations of history by hosting and funding a museum? “The Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Museum in Warsaw” poses this question as it is located in a church and presents the life of Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who fought against the communist regime and was murdered in 1984. Today he is perceived both as a national hero and a Catholic martyr. The article critically reviews the current exhibition and how it combines questions of history andWhat happens when the Church engages in public negotiations of history by hosting and funding a museum? “The Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Museum in Warsaw” poses this question as it is located in a church and presents the life of Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who fought against the communist regime and was murdered in 1984. Today he is perceived both as a national hero and a Catholic martyr. The article critically reviews the current exhibition and how it combines questions of history and religion.…

Metadata
Document Type:	Article
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.25626/0089
Creator and project details
Author:	Zuzanna Bogumił GND
Editor:	Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:	Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (German):	The Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Museum in Warsaw: Between History and Religion
Parent Title (German):	Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:	2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):	2020/02/14
Date of first Publication:	2018/01/12
Language:	German
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:	9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:	Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:	Poland; beatification; church; martial law; memory; resistance
GND Keyword:	Polen; Kriegsrecht <Staatsrecht>; Popiełuszko, Jerzy; Katholische Kirche; Kollektives Gedächtnis
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File Size:	1026 KB
MIME-Type:	application/pdf
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