„FAUNA: Animals in War and Their People”
The goal is to introduce the multifaceted theme of animals into the historical narrative. If the exhibition sensitizes museum visitors to the plight of „our smaller brothers” and fosters respect for nature, it will have fulfilled our intentions. But if it also encourages visitors to critically reflect on human (including their own) attitudes toward animals, then not only will it have achieved our goals, but we will consider it an immeasurable success.
The exhibition focuses on exploring the complex relationships between humans and animals. It is also an attempt to understand humans through understanding animals, to examine them through the lens of their opposites. Human interaction with fauna reveals their relationship to themselves, their potential for good and evil, and their visions of reality.
The exhibition touches on various aspects: ethical (standards of animal use), ecological (human impact on the ecosystem), historical (a look at war through the lens of the subject), and aesthetic (in addition to everyday objects, works of art also speak volumes).
Our narrative focuses on the period of World War II and the period immediately preceding it, but we do not shy away from attempting to build a bridge with the present.
Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk
curators: Marek Zambrzycki, Monika Krzencessa
design: Dorota Terlecka, Anna Sabała-Bykowska
graphic : Studio Kmicic: Katarzyna Cichosz & Hanna Kmieć
foto: Alka Murat
