Heritage under Socialism

Eszter Gantner (1971–2019) was a research fellow and project coordinator at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg, Germany, from 2013 to 2019. She published widely on heritage, the urban history of East Central Europe, and Jewish history.

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Acknowledgements



Introduction: Heritage Under Socialism: Trajectories of Preserving the Tangible Past in Postwar Eastern and Central Europe

Corinne Geering and Paul Vickers



Part I: Transfers and Exchanges in Heritage Policies and Practices



Chapter 1. The Past Belongs to the Future: Heritage in Soviet Policymaking on Cultural Development

Corinne Geering



Chapter 2. International Experts – National Martyrdom – Socialist Heritage: The Contribution of the Polish People’s Republic to the Early UNESCO World Heritage Program

Julia Röttjer



Chapter 3. International Tourism and the Making of the National Heritage Canon in Late Soviet Ukraine, 1964–1991

Iryna Sklokina



Chapter 4. International Contacts and Cooperation in Heritage Preservation in Soviet Estonia, 1960–1990

Karin Hallas-Murula and Kaarel Truu



Part II: Canonizing and Contesting the Past: Heritage, Place and Belonging under Socialism



Chapter 5. Socialist Royalty? The Ambiguities of the Reconstruction of the Royal Residence in Budapest in the 1950s

Eszter Gantner



Chapter 6. Justifying Demolition, Questioning Value: Urban Typologies and the Concept of the “Historic Town” in 1960s Romania

Liliana Iuga



Chapter 7. Making Sense of Socialism through Heritage Preservation: Stories from Northwest Bohemia

Čeněk Pýcha



Chapter 8. Socialism and the Rise of Industrial Heritage: The Preservation of Industrial Monuments in the German Democratic Republic

Nele-Hendrikje Lehmann



Conclusion: Transnational Heritage Networks in Socialist Eastern and Central Europe

Corinne Geering