This is a book about four cities who were several times and especially in connection with
World War II forcedly put into completely new national contexts. This was affected by coercion
from outside. The changes included genocide and forced displacement but preserved built
environment testifies past populations and national contexts. This book describes the urban
environment in the four cities before World War II and how the present population handles the
memories of the past for future development. In connection with World War II and its aftermaths
many of the four cities Chisinau Cernivci Lviv and Wroclaw residents were either killed or
subject to forced migration beyond the new national borders. People settled in the city
environment which still bore the traces of the earlier population and the earlier urban life
that had been brutally put to an end. Due to the continued Russian military aggression on the
territory of Ukraine this study takes on a new relevance. This title is part of the Histories
of Ukrainian Architecture programme initiated by DOM publishers in response to Russia's attack
on Ukraine's sovereignty on 24 February 2022.
