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The Polish museum landscape has turned into a battleground between politicians and historians. Much of thathas focused on the highly praised Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk which opened in March 2017. Itsfounding director Pawel Machcewicz was dismissed when the conservative-nationalist party“Law and Justice”came to power. The article and the interview with Machcewicz discuss that story, the founding and exhibitiondesign of other Polish history museums as well as the politics of history in Poland and beyond.