An Archaeology of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939: The Case of Mass Crimes in the Szpęgawski Forest (Poland)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An Archaeology of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939: The Case of Mass Crimes in the Szpęgawski Forest (Poland)

Published:2024-01-08 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1092-7697
Container-title:International Journal of Historical Archaeology
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Histor Archaeol

Author:

Kobiałka Dawid^ORCID,Ceran Tomasz^ORCID,Mazanowska Izabela^ORCID,Wysocka Joanna^ORCID,Czarnik Michał^ORCID,Nita Daniel,Kostyrko Mikołaj^ORCID,Jankowski Tomasz

Abstract

AbstractThis article presents the general historical context of the mass shootings in the fall of 1939 in the pre-war Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland, and introduces the very term “Pomeranian Crime of 1939.” The executions in the Szpęgawski Forest, where between 2,413 and 7,000 people lost their lives, illustrate of the process itself. The results of archaeological research carried out at the site of the mass killings in the Szpęgawski Forest in 2023 is used as a case study. Archaeological research is shedding new light on the crime and its cover-up through analyses of the material evidence.

Funder

Narodowe Centrum Nauki

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),History,Archeology,Geography, Planning and Development

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10761-023-00718-2.pdf

Reference49 articles.

1. Archive 1. AIPN GK 196/220, Akta procesu A. Forstera, Protokół z odbytego w dniu 22 marca 1945 r. zebrania informacyjnego w sprawie danych dotyczących popełnionych w roku 1939 morderstw przez zbirów hitlerowskich w okolicy Starogardu, k. 47–48.

2. Böhler, J. (2011). Najazd 1939: Niemcy przeciw Polsce. Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków.

3. Browning, Ch. R. (2000). Zwykli ludzie: 101 Policyjny Batalion Rezerwy i ,,ostateczne rozwiązanie” w Polsce. Bellona, Warszawa.

4. Cardoso, H. F., Vandergugten, J. M., and Humphrey, L. T. (2016). Age estimation of immature human skeletal remains from the metaphyseal and epiphyseal widths of the long bones in the post‐natal period. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162 (1): 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23081

5. Ceran, T. (2014). Im Namen des Führers… Selbstschutz Westpreussen i zbrodnia w Łopatkach w 1939 roku. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Bydgoszcz-Gdańsk.