Published: 2024-06-19

From the community of memory to the appropriation of “remnants of Germanness”. Monuments and other forms of commemoration of the fallen in World War I in the western part of Opolian Silesia

Mateusz Adamczyk , Kacper Rosner-Leszczyński
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Section: Studies and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM72.2024.1.001

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze monuments and other memorials dedicated to those who died in World War I in the western part of Opolian Silesia. The authors
conducted field research and examined archival, cartographic, iconographic and egodocumentary sources. The paper presents various commemorative forms and
contains examples of them, as well as pointing out factors shaping pre-war and postwar practices related to these memorials. Also described are the changes taking place
in local communities and their attitudes toward the memorial landscape. The study is completed by catalogue of commemorations identified in the conducted research.

Keywords:

memorials, Kriegsdenkmäler, World War I, appropriation, Silesia

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Adamczyk, M., & Rosner-Leszczyński, K. (2024). From the community of memory to the appropriation of “remnants of Germanness”. Monuments and other forms of commemoration of the fallen in World War I in the western part of Opolian Silesia. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 72(1), 3–38. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM72.2024.1.001

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