ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE WAR ZONE: AUGUST SCHÖRGENDORFER AND THEKUNSTSCHUTZON CRETE DURING WORLD WAR II

Author:

Flouda Georgia

Abstract

This paper considers the recruitment of young archaeologists into the German military on Crete and its impact upon the development of archaeological agendas during the period of the Third Reich. It explores – as a case study – the archaeological activity of August Schörgendorfer, an Austrian archaeologist, on German-occupied Crete. Schörgendorfer enlisted as aWehrmachtofficer, was upgraded to aKunstschutzofficer through the intervention of Major General Julius Ringel, and in 1941–2 undertook illicit excavations at Knossos and in the Mesara. By presenting data collected through archival research and Schörgendorfer's previously unpublished photo album of Crete, I explore his ideological trajectories and his archaeological itineraries on the island under occupation. Integrating the latter with the recent historiography of Nazi-era archaeology illuminates undocumented aspects of theWehrmacht’s archaeological research on the island. Facets of the cultural policies of the German Archaeological Institute and wider questions of archaeological ethics are informed by analysing the entanglement of archaeological institutions and archaeologists with the political turmoil of the era of World War II.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Archaeology,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,History,Archaeology,Classics

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