Album "Everyday life in the shadow of terror. German occupation in Poland 1939–1945" receives an award in the 2014 ‘Sybilla’ competition.

Joanna Urbanek’s album Codzienność w cieniu terroru. Okupacja niemiecka w Polsce 1939–1945 [Everyday life in the shadow of terror. German occupation of Poland 1939–1945] published by our Museum received an award in the publication category of the 2014 ‘Sybilla’ Competition for the Museum Event of the Year.

Published by the Museum of the Second World War, the album deals with the German occupation of Poland during 1939–1945. Its individual sections show parallel worlds of the Germans, the Polish towns and villages, the Jewish population, and the underground. The over 400 photographs, which constitute the album come from collections of approx. 50 Polish and foreign institutions, private persons and the collection of the Museum of the Second World War. Most are published for the first time, familiarising the reader with the atmosphere of the occupation through the details and micro-history contained in each of the photographs. Placed at the end of the album, the chronology section orders the information and introduces an element of traditional narration.

More information about the book in the Publication section.