ABSTRACT
The chapter discusses negotiating the belonging of material objects that are remnants of groups that previously lived and exercised power in the Polish capital city – Warsaw. This negotiation becomes a particularly important process when we are dealing with the heritage of the times of subordination, i.e., the heritage of a country defined as the invader or colonizer. The practices surrounding such “foreign heritage” are discussed using the examples of built heritage from Russian and Soviet times as well as Warsaw inhabitants’ personal attitudes to this heritage and their opinions on the possibilities of including foreign heritage in the city’s narratives about identity and the past.
