Emigracja litewska w badaniach etnologicznych na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika: kultura litewska w Niemczech powojennych

Abstract

The research on ethnocultural and ethnopolitical processes in the environment of the Lithuanian post-war immigration and the specific situation that was faced by authors of Lithuanian culture in Germany in the second half of 1940-ies, meet the main direction of research in the Faculty of Historical Sciences of Nicolas Copernicus University, which traditionally has close relations with Lithuania. This article provides an outline of modern Polish historiography on Lithuanian emigration, pointing out works, which both methodologically and factographically are an essential complement, broading the image of “Lithuanian culture in Exile”, which was created by Lithuanian researchers in last decades. Based on existing literature and archival research taken by the author in the Institute of Lithuanian Culture in Germany (Huttenfeld-Lampertheim) author presents outline of the development of Lithuanian art in the camps for displaced persons in Germany, shows the history of creation of the World Union of Lithuanian artists (publishing materials of the First Congress, held in Germany in 1948), the works of the Institute of decorative arts and crafts in Freiburg, which continued the tradition of Kaunas school of art, describes the exhibitions of Lithuanian art, shown in Germany and the main trends in the works of Lithuanian artists, who tried to preserve the values of national culture and were simultaneously integrating Lithuanian art to the European artistic processes in the middle of 20th century.