Nacistično plenjenje umetnostne dediščine na Gorenjskem med drugo svetovno vojno in primer oltarjev iz cerkve sv. Lucije v Dražgošah

Abstract

Based on analysis of archival sources, the article presents the thus far unresearched Nazi plunder of artistic heritage in the region of Gorenjska (Upper Carniola) during the Secod World War and focuses on organisation of operations and their protagonists. Due to the complexity and scope of the topic, identification and analysis of the plundered artworks are left for future study. The inconsistencies in understanding of the process, which arise from the numerous gaps in documentation, are overcome via a case study revealing how the operations were implemented in practice. Presented in the second part of the article, it focuses on the transfer of inventory from the church of St Lucy in Dražgoše, which was burnt down by the Germans in January 1942 in the aftermath of the battle in its immediate surroundings. A part of the artworks they removed from the church before destroying it are still missing today.Članek na podlagi analize arhivskega gradiva predstavlja doslej neraziskano področje nacističnega plenjenja umetnostne dediščine na Gorenjskem med drugo svetovno vojno s poudarkom na organizaciji dela in glavnih akterjih. Zaradi obsežnosti tematike prepušča identifikacijo in analizo zaplenjenih predmetov umetnostne dediščine za prihodnje raziskave. Vrzeli v dokumentih in v samem razumevanju procesa zapolnjuje s študijo primera, ki razkriva, kako so postopki potekali v praksi – osredotoča se na transfer inventarja iz cerkve sv. Lucije v Dražgošah, ki so jo Nemci januarja 1942, po bitki v neposredni bližini vasi, požgali, pred tem pa iz nje odstranili opremo, del katere je pogrešan še danes