Archaeology of internment camps in 20th century Brandenburg crime, camps, and commemoration Thomas Kersting

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kersting, Thomas, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3243.

BAR international series 3243

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi concentration camps--Germany--Brandenburg (State).

Nazi concentration camps.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Germany--Brandenburg (State).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Germany--Brandenburg (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford BAR Publishing 2025

Summary:

"In the area surrounding the former Nazi Reich capital Berlin, in the modern-day state of Brandenburg, its 20th century history of war and displacement is represented by two concentration camps (Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück), three large prisoner of war camps, several hundred satellite camps and even more “civilian” forced labour camps. Additionally, the Soviet Red Army had camps in the woods for their soldiers and repatriates. Today, the sites of these former camps are under the protection of state monument preservation. Finds at these often-forgotten sites present the legacies of both victims and perpetrators, and are increasingly essential to the remembrance of a dying generation of contemporary witnesses. This book presents a thorough contemporary archaeological investigation of these sites, including a comprehensive catalogue of sites in Brandenburg, discussion of the history of these camps, their locations and layout, objects from camps, life at the camps, and their commemoration"-- BAR Digital Collection

Contents:

Groundwork of violence : archaeology, memory and the camp landscape

The historical development of camp systems

Research histories and archaeologies of the camp

Internment camps as archaeological sites

Traces and structures : archaeological features of the camp landscape

Artefacts of confinement : typology, use and memory in the camps

Material evidence and camp systems : identifying groups through archaeology

Carriers of identity : material traces of individual lives

Spheres of life in the camps : administration, survival and systematic control

Memory work : archaeology and the legacy of the camps

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (BAR Digital Collection, viewed December 17, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Kersting, Thomas Archaeology of internment camps in 20th century Brandenburg

ISBN:

9781407362847

1407362844

OCLC:

1564103490

Publisher Number:

S3243

Access Restriction:

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