Title:

Heritage Without Heirs: The German Legacy in Serbia : The Case of the Museum of Danube Swabians

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 128 (2023), Mnemonic Wars in Poland

Creator:

Giergiel, Sabina ; Taczyńska, Katarzyna

Institutional creator:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla ; Fundacja Instytutu Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2023

Description:

p. 127-150

Subject and Keywords:

Serbia ; Danube Swabians ; Germans - Serbia ; Sombor ; museum ; difficult heritage

Abstract:

This article focuses on the first historical museum in Serbia, established in Sombor in 2019 (the Museum of the Danube Swabians), with an exhibition devoted to the presence of Germans in Vojvodina. The artefacts presented at the exhibition, left behind by the Germans who used to live in Vojvodina, have been recognised as part of Serbia’s difficult heritage (the term coined by Sharon Macdonald). The article analyses the permanent exhibition and the museum’s efforts to involve the local residents in creating said exhibition. The article also asks whether the museum in Sombor can shape the collective identity of Serbs and undermine its ethno-nationalist character.

References:

Bethke Carl, ‘Nemci u Vojvodini 1918–1941, in Mitrović Vladimir (ed.), Zavičaj na Dunavu. Suživot Nemaca i Srba u Vojvodini (Novi Sad–Ulm, 2009), 196–209.
Bethke Carl, ‘Ponovno otkriće povijesti Nijemaca u zemljama bivše Jugoslavije – prva bilanca poslije 15 godina’, in Vera Katz (ed.) Revizija prošlosti na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije. Zbornik radova (Sarajevo, 2007), 255–64.
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Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

128

Start page:

127

End page:

150

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

2450-8462 ; 0001-6829 ; 10.12775/APH.2023.128.06

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.295/128 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. A.296/128 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Education and Science

Access:

Open