CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:

time. 09:30 – remarks of speakers and guests (directors of the Institute of National Remembrance, Gdańsk Branch, Second World War Museum and Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo);

Panel I: Sources and narratives about the past:

time. 10:00-10:15 – Ph.D. Piotr Semkow, prof. AMW (Naval Academy in Gdynia) “Following in the footsteps of the Poles in the Free City of Gdańsk in the 21st century”;

time. 10:15-10:30 – Dr. Michał Hinc (Kashubian Institute/Museum of Kashubian-Pomeranian Literature and Music in Wejherowo) “Liberation” in Kashubia in historical narratives and the public sphere in 1945–1989;

time. 10:30-10:45 – Dr. Tomasz Gliniecki (Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo) “Did Polish tankers fight in Gdańsk? “Around the myths of the 1945 war”;

time. 11:00-11:15 – discussion;

time. 11:15-11:45 – coffee break;

Panel II: Ceremonial memorials – cemeteries and monuments:

time. 11:45-12:00 – Dr. Daniel Czerwiński (Institute of National Remembrance in Gdańsk) “Soviet war memorial in Pomerania”;

time. 12:00-12:15 – Ph.D. Magdalena Howorus-Czajka (University of Gdańsk) “Monuments and the variability of their reception on the example of the work of Wiktor Tołkin”;

time. 12:15-12:30 – Karolina Masłowska (National Institute of Remembrance in Gdańsk) “Cemetery at Zaspa in Gdańsk – between holy memory a worldly propaganda”;

time. 12:30-12:45 – Dr. Mateusz Kubicki (Institute of National Remembrance in Gdańsk) “To commemorate the victims of German crimes during World War II. “Memorial sites in Starogard County”;

time. 12:45-13:00 – discussion

time. 13:00-14:00 – damage

Panel III: Regional memory concept:

time. 14:00-14:15 – Prof. Ph.D. Bogdan Chrzanowski (University of Gdańsk/ Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo) “Memorial of members of the Pomeranian underground organization 1945-1989”;

time. 14:15-14:30 – Dr. Tomasz Ceran (National Institute of Remembrance in Bydgoszcz) “Memorial Park of the Victims of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939”;

time. 14:30-14:45 – Prof. Ph.D. Andrzej Gąsiorowski (University of Gdańsk / Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo) “Post-war fate of members of the Secret Military Organization “Gryf Pomorski””;

time. 14:45-15:00 – Dr. Marcin Owsiński (Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo) “Starosta, judge, prosecutor – the first documents of post-war Polish officials about the former KL Stutthof”;

time. 15:00-15:15 – discussion;

time. 15:15-15:30 – coffee break;

Panel IV: The role of museums in preserving memory:

time. 15:45-16:00 – Wojciech Samól (Second World War Museum in Gdańsk) “A symbol of Westerplatte in the mission of cultural institutions of the 21st century”;

time. 16:00-16:15 – Wojciech Łukaszun (Second World War Museum in Gdańsk) “The role of the main exhibition of the Second World War Museum in commemorating the occupation of Pomerania 1939–1945”;

time. 16:15-16:30 – Wirginia Węglińska (Naval Museum in Gdynia) “We have orders to detain you.” Pomerania 1939 in the collection of the Naval Museum in Gdynia”;

time. 16:30-16:45 – Dr. Justyna Staszewska (Kielce Village Museum, Polish Village Martyrological Mausoleum in Michniów/Pomnik w Michniów Mausoleum Foundation) “Pomerania in the collection of Polish Village Martyrological Mausoleum in Michniów/Foundation Monument Mausoleum in Michniów. History and Memory”;

time. 16:45-17:00 – discussion;

time. 17:00-17:15 – session closing.

Admission to this event is free.

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