Niemieckie cmentarze na Ziemiach Zachodnich jako miejsca niepamięci
German Cemeteries in the Western Lands as the Places of Oblivion

Summary/Abstract: The cemetery is a special text of culture, made by various significations, which tell us about history of the local society. German abandoned cemeteries, after II WW, fell into oblivion, were deliberately destroyed and surrended to destructive forces of nature. Nowadays, many of these cemeteries are subject of revaluation, are arranged, the memory of the former inhabitans restored, even by placing a commemorative plaque. In this paper – based on my fieldwork – I would like to answer the question: why the forerly inconvenience and embarrassing heritage of the former inhabitians is now becoming a value for the local communities of the Western Lands? If it is true.

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