Rzeczy i historie potencjalne na obrzeżach reformy rolnej
Things and Potential Histories on the Margins of Land Reform

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the property transformations that accompanied land reform inPoland after World War II. Zborowska begins by reconstructing the authorities’ top-downnarrative, focused on the property of the landed gentry (palace, manor). Its aim wasto create an atmosphere that would help mobilise rural communities to participatein expropriation and the redistribution of land. She then analyses the looting of (post)manor property on the basis of post-war memoirs and accounts by members of ruralcommunities. The fact that only few such accounts exists, she argues, is not solely dueto a sense of guilt. Alternative explanations for the practice of looting are presented.

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