Scenariusz upamiętnienia na terenie miejsca pamięci KL Plaszow – prezentacja założeń

Abstract

THE SCRIPT FOR THE COMMEMORATION AT THE KL PLASZOW MEMORIAL SITE – PRESENTATION OF PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS

The paper discusses the concept behind the commemoration of the area of the former Nazi German concentration camp Plaszow in Kraków. It presents the process of creating the architectural design by the company Grupa Projektowa Proxima sp. z o.o., and the reasons for its later modification. The author summarizes the main assumptions of the new script for the commemoration which was prepared in 2018 at the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków (presently renamed the Museum of Kraków). The script contains the descriptions of all the elements of the commemoration complex, i.e. the postcamp area including the relics of Jewish cemeteries, execution sites and mass graves; the Grey House (a building protected by conservation area policy); the administration building of the cemetery established by the Jewish Community which was used as the administration building of the camp during the war; the Memorial Building – the main exhibition building, and the Education Centre. The paper also contains key information about the assumptions of the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial House and the Grey House, as well as the concept of the KL Plaszow Sound Monument. The character of the presentation of project assumptions of the commemoration at KL Plaszow is mainly informative, and its purpose is to spread awareness of KL Plaszow and keep the memory of the victims alive.