This book discusses the archaeology and heritage of the German military presence in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War, framing this northern, overlooked WWII material legacy from the nearly forgotten Arctic front as ‘dark heritage’ – a concrete reminder of Finns siding with the Nazis, often seen as polluting ‘war junk’ that ruins the ‘pristine natural beauty’ of Lapland’s wilderness. The scholarship herein provides fresh perspectives to contemporary discussions on heritage perception and ownership, indigenous rights, community empowerment, relational ontologies and also the ongoing worldwide refugee crisis.
Author(s): Oula Seitsonen
Series: Material Culture and Modern Conflict
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 310
City: Abingdon
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Series Editors’ Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
1 Introduction
Part I: Hitler’s Arctic War and its Material Remains
2 Why an Archaeological Study of the Second World War?
3 Finnish-German Waffenbrüderschaft: The Northern Brothers-in-Arms, 1940–1945
Part II: Strangers in a Strange Land: Germans and their Prisoners in an Alien Arctic Landscape
4 Soldiers’ and Prisoners’ Places and Landscapes
5 Soldiers’ and Prisoners’ Things and Materiality
6 Entangled with the North: Placelessness, Disorder and Dislocation
Part III: Ignored, Yet Remembered: Post-war Significance of the German WWII Remains
7 Heritage Past, Present and Future
8 Materialities of a Haunting Past – or Present?
9 Positive Uses for a Haunting and Difficult Past
10 Custodians of ‘War Junk’: Local and Global Heritage of Second World War in Lapland
Appendix 1: Interviews in 2009–2017
Appendix 2: List of the German-run PoW and Forced Labour Camps in Northern Finland
Appendix 3: Map of the German-run PoW and Forced Labour Camps in Northern Finland
Index
