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The Archaeology of the Holocaust - Richard A. Freund

The Archaeology of the Holocaust

Vilna, Rhodes, and Escape Tunnels
Buch | Hardcover
296 Seiten
2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0266-4 (ISBN)
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This book takes readers through some of the most powerful recent discoveries about the Holocaust, including an escape tunnel from the Ponar burial pits. Richard Freund explains non-invasive research techniques and highlights how the discovery of an escape tunnel reminds us of the tenacity of the people at the site and the hope they carried.
In the summer of 2016 acclaimed archaeologist Richard Freund and his team made news worldwide when they discovered an escape tunnel from the Ponar burial pits in Lithunia. This Holocaust site where more than 100,000 people perished is usually remembered for the terrible devastation that happened there. In the midst of this devastation, the discovery of an escape tunnel reminds us of the determination and tenacity of the people in the camp and the hope they continued to carry.

The Archaeology of the Holocaust takes readers out to the field with Freund and his multi-disciplinary research group as they uncover the evidence of the Holocaust, focusing on sites in Lithuania, Poland, and Greece in the past decade. Using forensic detective work, Freund tells the micro- and macro-histories of sites from the Holocaust as his team covers excavations and geo-physical surveys done at four sites in Poland, four sites in Rhodes, and 15 different sites in Lithuania with comparisons of some of the work done at other sites in Eastern Europe. The book contains testimonies of survivors, photographs, information about a variety of complementary geo-science techniques, and information gleaned from pin-point excavations. It serves as an introduction to the Holocaust and explains aspects of the culture lost in the Holocaust through the lens of archaeology and geo-science.

Dr. Richard A. Freund is the Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. His most recent work in Lithuania has been chronicled in a recent NOVA science series episode: “Holocaust Escape Tunnel” on the new discoveries made in the Holocaust era Ponar Burial Pits and at the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania. He is the author of hundreds of scholarly articles and several books (written or co-edited) including Digging through the Bible and Digging through History.

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What If: Geo-Science and Archaeology
Chapter 2: Discoveries in the Archaeology of the Holocaust
Chapter 3: An Archaeological Discovery “Hidden” in Plain Sight
Chapter 4: The Significance of Tunnels: Geo-science and Archaeology From the Ancient World to the Holocaust
Chapter 5: Why I Came to Rhodes
Chapter 6: The Secret of Jewish Rhodes
Chapter 7: The Origins of the “Final Solution” in a Forest and a Fort in Lithuania
Chapter 8: The Road to Vilna
Chapter 9: An Altruistic Nazi and the Descendants of Hope
Chapter 10: Why the Discovery of the “Holocaust Escape Tunnel” gives the World Hope
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 6 b/w photos; 8 colour illustrations; 36 colour photos
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 237 mm
Gewicht 608 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Judentum
ISBN-10 1-5381-0266-8 / 1538102668
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-0266-4 / 9781538102664
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