Wszystkie zdjęcia w artykule: Jarosław Praszkiewicz
In the paper On the History of KL Plaszow in Scientific Literature and Press publications (1945-2007), based on historical, popular-scientific works, guides to commemorated places of martyrdom and local press, its author Katarzyna Kocik critically analyses the post-war message on the functioning of this German concentration camp, which often contains untrue, distorted information. Such point of view also allows us to trace the evolution of the way of thinking about the Holocaust from a local perspective.
In the paper, Before the establishment of the museum. Commemoration history of the extermination site in Bełżec, Tomasz Hanejko outlined the post-war history of the former German extermination camp in Bełżec, stressing that for a long time it was forgotten, subjected to devastation and attempts to erase traces and memory. It was not until 1963 that the first monument was erected to commemorate the victims. The memorial plaques, however, contained informational errors and did not mention that the vast majority of those murdered were Polish Jews. The new monument, unveiled in June 2004, in contrast to the previous one, covered the entire area of the former camp, especially the area where the remains of the victims are still buried. It is an interesting form of expressing the experience of the Holocaust and symbolically refers to the topography of the camp, its functions as well as Jewish tradition and religion. The first day of the conference ended with a lecture by Marcin Michniowski titled "the 40th anniversary of the Museum of Martyrdom Under the Clock, in which he discussed the history and exhibition activities, publishing, education and commemoration of this important memorial site in Lublin, which was established in 1979 in the former Gestapo detention centre.
The next day of the conference was devoted mainly to newly created museums in authentic sites of historical events as well as to commemorative practices and scientific challenges. In the paper, From a Crime Site to a Memorial Site. The main assumptions of the museum exhibition organised on the grounds of the German extermination camp in Sobibór, its author Tomasz Kranz, stressed that the exhibition will be inscribed in the context authentic crime site, kontekst autentycznego miejsca zbrodni, gdzie zachowało się wiele śladów materialnych, jak rampa kolejowa, droga do komór gazowych, miejsce, w którym stał budynek z urządzeniami masowej zagłady i mogiły z prochami ofiar. Narracja muzealna ma zatem opierać się na recepcji zidentyfikowanych materialnych pozostałości i zastanego krajobrazu. Nowa ekspozycja pomyślana jest jako miejsce dokumentujące historię obozu oraz przestrzeń refleksji i żałoby, a w jej centrum znajdą się liczne pamiątki po pomordowanych znalezione podczas prac archeologicznych. Marta Śmietana i Monika Bednarek w referacie Muzeum Miejsce Pamięci KL Plaszow: założenia scenariusza upamiętnienia omówiły powojenne losy terenu po byłym niemieckim obozie koncentracyjnym, próby przywrócenia pamięci oraz koncepcję całościowego upamiętnienia i powołania Muzeum-Miejsca Pamięci KL Plaszow jako oddziału Muzeum Historycznego Miasta Krakowa.
Wystąpienie Wojciecha Śleszyńskiego Muzeum Pamięci Sybiru.