Heimatmuseum (Roman)
The Roman museum of Siegfried Lenz was published in 1978 . The large-scale novel is strongly autobiographical and describes the influence of the war on the beautiful and peaceful Masuria , which is caught between the fronts of both world wars .
Similar to his earlier work So Tender Was Suleyken , this novel is a declaration of love for his homeland. In detailed descriptions of the people and their customs as well as the landscape, Siegfried Lenz lets the old Masuria rise again, so that the novel itself becomes a kind of local museum for Masuria.
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Masuria is the home of the first-person narrator Zygmunt Rogalla , who grew up in the small town of Lucknow and had an idyllic childhood there, in which he spent a lot of time with his uncle in his local museum, which he continued after the uncle's mysterious disappearance and with defended with great passion when it is to be misused as a propaganda tool.
As time progresses, the wars, which initially appear a long way off, come closer and closer and ultimately determine people's everyday lives. When the residents of Lucknow are forced to leave Masuria , it becomes clear that the former peace and tranquility of this landscape has been destroyed for a long time.
Some of the exhibits in the local history museum are taken with them on the run to the West and can be exhibited again in northern Germany. But when Rogalla witnessed that the rescued collection in the Federal Republic of Germany was not being treated according to his intentions, he decided to burn down the venerated museum that had been built over decades.
In the novel, Rogalla recounts the fate of Lucknow, his residents and the museum in retrospect after he was hospitalized with severe burns.
filming
In 1988 the three-part television history museum was released , directed by Egon Günther and starring Helmut Zierl in the role of Zygmunt Rogalla.
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Lenz - “Heimatmuseum” . In: Heidtmann's books . ( Meinebuecher.net [accessed on May 21, 2018]).
- ^ Siegfried Lenz - “Heimatmuseum” . In: Heidtmann's books . ( Meinebuecher.net [accessed on May 21, 2018]).