The Archaeology of Mass Crimes : Nazi Extermination in Gdansk Pomerania, Poland

This book explores the material traces of mass crimes committed by Nazi Germans in Gdansk Pomerania, Poland, during the Second World War, offering a unique archaeological perspective on these atrocities and their enduring impact on social memory. This book is the first example of using an archaeological approach to study the material traces of mass crimes in Gdansk Pomerania and the social memory of these tragic events.The work is based on several years of intensive desk and field research, which led to the discovery of the remains of about 1,000 victims and the recovery of thousands of pieces of material evidence of the crimes.The applied research methodology and data analysis used within the book are informed by dozens of ethnographic interviews, participant observations and the analysis of several thousand historical documents.The monograph highlights the achievements of Polish archaeology of the contemporary past and introduces a new framework for perceiving and examining mass crim