List of Illustrations

Abstract

Fig. 1: Section “War of Annihilation” with “Toy car dug out from under the rubble.” Permanent exhibition. Muzeum II Wojny Światowej (Museum of the Second World War), Gdańsk (Photo: Author, 2017). 2 Fig. 2: Destroyed Gama toy tank opposite to parade of war toys. Permanent exhibition. Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr (Bundeswehr Military History Museum), Dresden (Photo: Author, 2013, courtesy of Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr). 4 Fig. 3: Entrance area in exhibition “Germans in Warsaw.” Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego (Warsaw Rising Museum), Warsaw (Photo: Author, 2013, courtesy of Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego). 18 Fig. 4: Opening section of gallery “Forged in Fire: The Second World War, 1931–1945.” Permanent exhibition. Canadian War Museum, Ottawa (Photo: Author, 2015, courtesy of Canadian War Museum). 65 Fig. 5: “The Air War” section with subsections “Terror from Below” and “Bomber Command” in background, gallery “The Second World War: 1931–1945.” Permanent exhibition. Canadian War Museum, Ottawa (Photo: Author, 2015, courtesy of Canadian War Museum). 68 Fig. 6: Part of section “Airdrops.” Permanent exhibition. Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego (Warsaw Rising Museum), Warsaw (Photo: Author, 2013, courtesy of Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego). 82 Fig. 7: “Make Do and Mend” cabinet. Family in Wartime exhibition. Imperial War Museum, London (Photo and © Imperial War Museum). 92 Fig. 8: Immersive film theater in ruins, room “Into the German Homeland” in “Road to Berlin” exhibition. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans (Photo: Author, 2017, courtesy of The National WWII Museum). 99 Fig. 9: Immersive bus stop in the ruins of Cologne. Advertising for The National WWII Museum, Canal Street, New Orleans (Photo: Author, 2017). 102 Fig. 10: Section “Generalgouvernement.” Permanent exhibition. Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, Kraków (Photo: Author, 2013, courtesy of Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera). 113 Fig. 11: Meeting historical people in transparent plexiglass panels in Kraków’s Old Market Square in 1944. Permanent exhibition. Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, Kraków (Photo: Author, 2013, courtesy of Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera). 115 Fig. 12: Narrative characters “See the War through our Eyes.” Permanent exhibition. Bastogne War Museum, Bastogne (Photo: Author, 2016, © Bastogne War Museum). 118 Fig. 13: Scenovision 2: “The Offensive: In the Woods near Bastogne: At the Dawn of 16 December 1944 ....” Permanent exhibition. Bastogne War Museum, Bastogne (Photo: Author, 2016, © Bastogne War Museum). 122 Fig. 14: Front façade of main museum building with Libeskind wedge. Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr (Bundeswehr Military History Museum), Dresden (Photo: Author, 2012). 130