On the Awkward Objects of Genocide Projects. Vernacular (“folk”, “naïve”) art representing the Holocaust in Polish-German post-war memorial transactions

  • Awkward Object of Genocide: Vernacular Art and the Holocaust in and beyond Polish Ethnographic Museums was a initiative carried out at the Research Center for Memory Cultures at the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, by a group of four scholar-curators. The original aim of the project was to explore public and private Polish ethnographic collections in search of art objects referring to, representing, or commenting on the Holocaust. In our project we propose that this unique genre of the visual document, which has received little attention in studies regarding the Holocaust so far, could offer new insights, as well as forge new arguments, different from those commonly employed in attempts to understand the experience and memory of the Holocaust in Polish provinces.

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Author:Roma SendykaGND
URL:https://visual-history.de/project/sendyka-on-the-awkward-objects-of-genocide-projects/
DOI:https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-2728
Publisher:ZZF - Centre for Contemporary History: Visual History
Place of publication:Potsdam
Document Type:Online Publication
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2022/10/10
Release Date:2024/03/26
Dewey Decimal Classification:7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 70 Künste / 709 Histor., geogr., personenbezogene Behandlung der bildenden und angewandten Kunst
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 940 Geschichte Europas
ZZF Chronological-Classification:20. Jahrhundert
1945-
ZZF Regional-Classification:Europa / Westeuropa / Deutschland
Europa / Mittel-/Osteuropa / Polen
ZZF Topic-Classification:Nationalsozialismus
Holocaust
Judentum
Web-Publications:Visual-History
Licence (German):License LogoZZF - Clio Lizenz