Thanks David. I think that this would make a fascinating research project
for someone. If only one had the time (and the language proficiency!) Just
imagine: 'Partisan Archaeology' - it could be the next big thing! Just
remember folks, you saw it here first!
All best,
Gilly Carr
On Jan 17 2009, PETTS D.A. wrote:
> I was bizarrely enough wondering exactly the same thing. I don't know
> what state Belorussian archaeology is in- its probably the last old-style
> authoritarian regimes left in Eastern Europe; its president Alexander
> Lukashenko is a nasty piece of work.
>
> It is possible that similar sites may remain in Poland (maybe Paul
> Barford would know). I know in Estonia, there was small-scale
> partisan/resistance activity againt the Soviets into the 1950s carried
> out groups known as metsavendlus (Forest Brothers). I saw a
> reconstruction of one of their bunkers in the local museum in Voru in
> south Estonia a couple of years ago; thought I don't know how much
> organised archaeological work has been done. A former forest brother also
> maintained some bunkers in the same area for school visits. A good book
> on this is Maart Laar's War in the woods : Estonia's struggle for
> survival, 1944-1956.
>
> Certainly in the Baltic states, the main historic focus is on remembering
> the trauma of Soviet occupation rather than the Nazi occupation (witness
> the major disputes last year in Estonia following the removal of the war
> memorial to Soviet fighters in the centre of Tallinn ). A conference on
> the Archaeology of Terror in Tallinn in 2005 focused primarily on Soviet
> rather than Nazi atrocities.
>
> Incidentally, in Slovenia one of the hospitals established by the
> Yugoslav partisans is now on the UNSECO tentative list for inscription as
> a World Heritage Site.
>
>David
>
>
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>Dear CHAT group members,
>
>A quick query. I've just got back from seeing 'Defiance' at the cinema, and
>for all those who've seen it too, I have some questions. Look away all
>those who have yet to see the film as the questions involve some spoilers.
>
>The film ended by saying that the partisan group survived 2 more years in
>the Byelorussian forest and even built a school, a nursery and a hospital
>out there. Have any archaeologists been to examine this site or its
>remains? Has anyone looked at the material culture / trench art of their
>existence in the forest? It would be a really fascinating study. Anyone
>know anything about it?
>
>Best wishes,
>Gilly Carr
>
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