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The Small Things of Life and Death: An Exploration of Value and Meaning in the Material Culture of Nazi Camps

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Authors

Carr, GC 

Abstract

The theft of mundane items of material culture from the ground of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2015 by English schoolboys raises a number of questions about the value of similar items at this and other Nazi camps. This paper explores questions of value, interpretation, and the categorization of objects from such camps, before examining the case study of Lager Wick, a forced labor camp in Jersey. Here, the value of such objects was perceived locally according to criteria very different to those which are commonly applied by archaeologists and people who work in the sphere of heritage and Holocaust education.

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sacred objects, value, Nazi camps, Lager Wick, Jersey

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International Journal of Historical Archaeology

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Journal ISSN

1092-7697
1573-7748

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Publisher

Springer
Sponsorship
British Academy (SG142541)
British Academy and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
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