PRESERVING AND PLUNDERING: GERMAN CULTURAL POLICY IN OCCUPIED UKRAINE (1941–1944)
PRESERVING AND PLUNDERING: GERMAN CULTURAL POLICY IN OCCUPIED UKRAINE (1941–1944)

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the plans of high-ranking Nazi leaders of the future cultural policy in the occupied Soviet Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) and its implementation on the territory. The research aims to demonstrate the complexity of the German approach to the culture of the occupied Ukrainian territory through the activities of various cultural institutions, the involvement of the local population in cultural activities, and their attitudes toward material and non-material culture. The extensive use of archival materials, quantitative and qualitative methods, critical analysis, and categorization methods enables the author to present a detailed picture of cultural policy. In particular, the study shows the inconsistency of German occupational policy in the cultural sphere, discord among Nazi leadership regarding the fate of Soviet Ukraine and its population as well as failure to conceal the real intentions of occupants through half-hearted measures.

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