COUPLE IN THE CIRCLE OF SCIENCE: MICHAL POTEMRA AND MÁRIA POTEMROVÁ KOŠICE, 17 MAY 2022
COUPLE IN THE CIRCLE OF SCIENCE: MICHAL POTEMRA AND MÁRIA POTEMROVÁ KOŠICE, 17 MAY 2022

Summary/Abstract: On 17 May 2022, a scientific conference was held at the State Scientific Library in Košice on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michal and Mária Potemras. At the conference, entitled “A Couple in the Circle of Science: Michal Potemra and Mária Potemrová”, the active participants, as well as the professional and lay public, recalled the scientific contribution, but also the personal life of these two well-known Košice residents. Michal Potemra (1922–2002) entered the history of historiography as the founder of Slovak retrospective bibliography, and he and his wife Mária, a music teacher and historian, became the authors of numerous (bibliographical) publications on the history of Košice and the wider area. Viera Nagyová, head of the Borrowing Services Department of the State Scientific Library in Košice, took the opening words on the importance of bibliography and its significance for history research, complemented by Angelika Kurucová, one of the organizers of the event. She stated that the Potemras have left a significant trace in the history of science in Slovakia, and their popularity is also evidenced by the large number of speakers and audience present.

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