Abstract
The paper discusses different appropriation strategies applied to the same historical regionof East Prussia. By dating the beginning of the symbolic appropriation to the early 19th century,the author reviews the strategies, first applied by Germans and Poles, and later also byLithuanians and Russians, to make East Prussia or their respective part (Warmia and Masuria,Lithuania Minor, and the Kaliningrad Oblast) their own. This is demonstrated by several periods,starting with the situation before 1914, the First World War, the interwar period, andthe Second World War, when East Prussia still existed; and finishing with the postwar periodand the changes after 1989. A distinction is made between national and regional East Prussiaappropriation strategies, as well as different levels of the process, i.e. publicistic (literary) andpractical. Key Words: East Prussia, symbolic appropriation, appropriation strategies, polyculturalism,cultural contacts. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v30i0.1185
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
