<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Old German cemeteries which have been devastated and liquidated, are a disgraceful reminder of the 1970s and 1980s. They are particularly numerous in cities and villages in Western and Northern Poland. Though they constitute a historically exceptional relic of those places and people, only a few have been memorialized. The paper presents a review of exemplary forms of commemorating liquidated cemeteries, as symbolic sights in the landscape with a specific historical, cultural, and social significance.</p></abstract>

Old German cemeteries which have been devastated and liquidated, are a disgraceful reminder of the 1970s and 1980s. They are particularly numerous in cities and villages in Western and Northern Poland. Though they constitute a historically exceptional relic of those places and people, only a few have been memorialized. The paper presents a review of exemplary forms of commemorating liquidated cemeteries, as symbolic sights in the landscape with a specific historical, cultural, and social significance.

Methods of Commemorating Liquidated Cemeteries and Former Cemetery Areas as an Expression of Remembrance, Relief, and Respect for a <italic>Sacred</italic> Place

Department of Landscape Design, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

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Methods of Commemorating Liquidated Cemeteries and Former Cemetery Areas as an Expression of Remembrance, Relief, and Respect for a  Place

Old German cemeteries which have been devastated and liquidated, are a disgraceful reminder of the 1970s and 1980s. They are particularly numerous in cities...

Methods of Commemorating Liquidated Cemeteries and Former Cemetery Areas as an Expression of Remembrance, Relief, and Respect for a Sacred Place

Publicado en línea: 16 may 2020

Páginas: 57 - 70

Recibido: 04 feb 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.021.10157

Palabras clave
in the landscape, forms of commemoration, former cemetery areas

© 2020 Aleksandra Pilarczyk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Methods of Commemorating Liquidated Cemeteries and Former Cemetery Areas as an Expression of Remembrance, Relief, and Respect for a Sacred Place

Publicado en línea: 16 may 2020

Páginas: 57 - 70

Recibido: 04 feb 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.021.10157

Palabras clavein the landscape, forms of commemoration, former cemetery areas

© 2020 Aleksandra Pilarczyk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Palabras clave
in the landscape, forms of commemoration, former cemetery areas