Pamięć o socjalizmie i zabytki socjalizmu. Ochrona zabytków PRL w Tychach

The aim of this article is to outline issue memory of socialism by a prism of the protectionof the monuments from the age of People’s Republic Of Poland in the Tychy city. It startswith the analysis of the „museological desire”, a term coined by the Masahiro Ogino. Thenit presents phases of the reshaping public space in post-socialist countries after 1989.Next parts of the article are focused on Tychy, which were typical „socialist city”, and itschanging image after transition to capitalism. Last chapter is devoted to the protectionof the PRL’s heritage – using examples of two monuments in Tychy.