Polskie. Żydowskie. „Pożydowskie”. Nazistowska grabież dzieł sztuki i problemy restytucji w Polsce 1945–2020
Polish. Jewish. ‘Post-Jewish’. Nazi Looting of Works of Art and Restitution Issues in Poland 1945‒2020
Author(s): Nawojka Cieślińska-LobkowiczSubject(s): Cultural history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Art
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Nazi looting of works of art; Polish wartime losses; Jewish collectors in prewar Poland; Judaica; Jewish property; restitution of cultural assets; 1998 Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated art;
Summary/Abstract: Institutionalized and unauthorized looting of works of art and other cultural assets constituted an integral element of Nazi persecutions in occupied Poland. It affected not only public and church collections, but also a relatively large number of private ones. With respect to Jewish property the looting had a total character. That fact has not found its reflection in the narrative about the wartime losses incurred by Polish culture, which has somewhat automatically been treated as Polish national culture. What is more, this narrative has continued since the first years after the war. This article concerns the influence of this notion, which has been cultivated by successive Polish authorities, and the practice of the restitution of works of art looted by the Nazis, those looked for abroad and those which were incorporated into public collections in Poland.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 200-232
- Page Count: 33
- Language: Polish
