Seminar Josef Scheybal, hlavní osobnost záchrany movitých památek z konfiskovaných německých domácnosti with Kristina Uhlíková (Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences)

The castle in Šluknov, in the most northern part of Bohemia, which burned down in the 1980s, is currently furnished from warehouses set up by Josef Scheybal from confiscated furniture in northern Bohemia/Zamek w miejscowości Šluknov znajduje się w najbardziej wysuniętej na północ części Czech. Spłonął w latach 80. XX wieku, jest obecnie umeblowany wyposażeniem z magazynów założonych przez Josefa Scheybala z mebli skonfiskowanych w północnych Czechach; photo/zdjęcie: Karina Hoření

In May our series of seminars continued with a meeting with Dr. Kristina Uhlíková from Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences. Together with her colleagues Kristina Uhlíková recently finished a project ”Searching for Provenance of Movable Cultural Assets Nationalised in 1945 from the Citizens of German Nationality in the Region of Northern Bohemia” which dealt with the ways in which Czechoslovakia processed antiquities confiscated from German-speaking citizens. As a main focus of her presentation, our guest speaker chose the personality of Josef Scheybal, who was the organizer of the process in northern Bohemia. Since our team member, Karina Hoření, conducts her field research in the same region, the seminar ended with a lively discussion.