Article ID: CBB739858412

Nazi Camp-Site Archaeology in Brandenburg State, Germany (2023)

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Thomas Kersting (Author)


Historical Archaeology
Volume: 57
Issue: 1
Pages: 401-429
Publication date: 2023
Language: English


The Brandenburg State Archaeology Museum has been conserving and analyzing relics of Nazi history for 25 years, and, as a result of this work, archaeology is now an integral part of Nazi-camp research (Kersting, Theune et al. 2016; Theune 2018). Many camp sites have been investigated, including concentration camps and their sub-camps, forced-labor camps, and prisoner-of-war camps (Kersting 2020, 2022). While most objects of 20th-century industrial culture can be quickly assigned a function, functions do change; such a shift is a characteristic of Nazi-camp finds and reflects their context of bondage and deprivation. The identification of the functions of material remains enables their association with different spheres of life in the camp so that both perpetrator and victim groups are documented archaeologically. Moreover, these finds serve as tangible evidence to refute any relativization of the crimes.

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Authors & Contributors
Weindling, Paul J.
Alexander, Jennifer Karns
Czech, Herwig
Gross, Dominik
Hillemand, Bernard
Neufeld, Michael J.
Journals
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Historical Archaeology
Acta Historica Leopoldina
American Historical Review
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Histoire des Sciences Médicales
Publishers
Chronos
University Press of Florida
Wallstein Verlag
Westview Press
Amberley
Westkreuz
Concepts
World War II
Labor and laborers, Forced
Concentration camps
Historical archaeology
National Socialism
Archaeological assemblages
People
Kraut, Heinrich
Todt, Fritz
Von Braun, Wernher
Mrugowsky, Joachim
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
Places
Germany
Colorado (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Paris (France)
Illinois (U.S.)
Australia
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten
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