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INVISIBLE DESTINY? BORDERLANDS AND
BORDERLANDERS AS THE TOPIC OF MUSEUM
DISPLAYS AFTER 1989

The question of presenting the heritage of the
Borderlands and the life of its inhabitants in Polish museums
after 1989 is tackled. The main focus of interest are displays
perceived as: 1) visual and public form of knowledge transfer;
2) the way of overcoming the trauma of losing one’s native
land; 3) tools for creating collective identity and 4) effects
of the participation of Borderland circles in creating the
display. The goal of the study is an overview of contemporary
exhibitions dedicated to the Eastern Borderlands, and the
experience of their loss as the result of WW II. Since the
residents of the Borderlands were relocated to the ‘former
German’ territories, the overview centres on the displays from the Western and Northern Territories.
Apart from the local and national aspects, what matters
is also the international dimension related to museum
presentations of the ‘lost land’ and the fate of migrants.
Therefore, the activity of Polish institutions is initially
shown in the European context, through recalling the legal
framework and working conditions of so called East German
museums commemorating the ‘German East’ lost by
Germany. The question of the reasons for the disproportion
in the presentation of the topic between Poland and
Germany is posed, while the to-date achievements of Polish
museologists are presented.

