Towards a Balanced Tribute to the Polish Righteous? The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in Markowa
- A small but state-of-the-art museum in the countryside of Poland’s southeast opened its doors in 2016 to commemorate Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, who shielded two Jewish families in their cottage. The twofold dedication of this museum, both to the Ulma family and to "Poles Saving Jews in World War II" opens up a window to understand 'big history' in the framework of the small. However, this approach also carries some risks.
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0057 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Florian PetersGND |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | Towards a Balanced Tribute to the Polish Righteous? The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in Markowa |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2020/02/12 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2019/01/08 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2016/12/08 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | memory; rightous Holocaust; Poland; Ulma family; museum; rescue |
| GND Keyword: | Markowa; Ulma <Familie>; Polen; Judenvernichtung; Juden; Rettung; Museum |
| Manifestation description (file/s) | |
| File Size: | 1110 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
| Legal information | |
| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
