Värdering och skydd av kulturegendom i Sverige under andra världskriget, med en särskild utblick mot Gotland ; Valuation and protection of cultural property in Sweden during World War II, with a special look at Gotland
Uppsala universitet, Kulturvård ; Historiska föreningen på Gotland, 2018
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Cultural property protection in Sweden during the Second World War, with focus on the island Gotland As cultural property became increasingly important to national identities in the early 20th century, European states strove to protect monuments and collections from damage and destruction. The most cataclysmic situation that cultural property could be subjected to was utter destruction. The First World War proved to be such a disaster not only to human life but also to property of importance to national identity and culture. The Second World War, however, was even more disastrous when it came to destruction in areas close to the sometimes fast-moving fronts. This essay is based on new investigations of documents found in a number of archives in Sweden: the archive of the National Heritage Board, the Military Archives in Stockholm, Nationalmuseum and the county archive in Visby. It deals with a topic that has previously been completely ignored – namely how Swedish national treasures were to be protected in the event of war. The essay analyses how the National Heritage Board cooperated with the Military Headquarters in order to survey, evaluate and protect a substantial part of Swedish heritage before the outbreak of the Second World War and during the war years. Their measures were based on experiences from the First World War but also from observations of how other states had been organising their cultural property protection in the 1930s, most notably France. French cultural authorities were well prepared when Germany invaded in May 1940. Aerial bombardment severly damaged major cities as well as historic towns in the Second World War. Before the outbreak of war cultural and military authorities in different countries prepared by taking protective measures such as the moving of collections, the building of sandbag walls around architectural details, and removal of stained glass windows from churches. Also Swedish authorities foresaw the risk of Sweden becoming involved in the war, even though the country was to ...
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Värdering och skydd av kulturegendom i Sverige under andra världskriget, med en särskild utblick mot Gotland ; Valuation and protection of cultural property in Sweden during World War II, with a special look at Gotland
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Legnér, Mattias |
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Veröffentlichung: | Uppsala universitet, Kulturvård ; Historiska föreningen på Gotland, 2018 |
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