Thanks to the Department of East European History’s kind invitation our researcher, Michal Korhel, presented the results of his research within the Munich colloquium of East European History. Based on the example of two cemeteries – one in a Polish and one in a Slovak town – he showed the similarities as well as the differences in dealing with their German past. The following discussion moved from the cemeteries to other German ghosts haunting the East Central Europe. In this way Michal could present the whole variety of his findings from his fieldwork in Poland and Slovakia.
While in Munich, Michal also visited the Sudeten German Museum and took a guided tour through its permanent exhibition about the cultural history of Germans in Bohemian lands. Except for his general interest in the objects presented in the exhibition and their stories, Michal was particularly curious about the depiction of the forced displacement of the Sudeten Germans. Moreover, as one of the first ones, Michal had the opportunity to take part in the newly introduced format on memory and homeland in the aftermath of the guided tour, where the visitors were given the space to share their stories.
