Publication details
Mapping the “dark heritage” of the 20th century – geophysical survey of concentration and prison camps in Bohemia
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This conference contribution presents research on sites associated with mass crimes committed by the Nazi regime, which form an important part of Europe’s “dark heritage.” Despite their historical significance, many smaller camps and internment facilities connected to war production remain poorly documented. The study focuses on four such sites in occupied Czechoslovakia — in the Sudetenland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia — where the material remains, state of preservation, and spatial layouts have often been neglected. Through geophysical surveys at the Lety internment camp for Roma and Sinti, two Flossenbürg sub-camps for women prisoners at Svatava and Nová Role, and the Holýšov prisoner-of-war camp, the research sought to identify and record surviving archaeological evidence, reconstruct the organisation of the camps, and support their future protection, documentation, and interpretation. |