MEMORY OF BARRACKS: World War II German ‘Little Berlins’ and post-war urbanization in Northern Finnish towns

Ylimaunu, Timo; Mullins, Paul R.; Symonds, James; Kallio-Seppä, Titta; Heikkilä, Hilkka; Kuorilehto, Markku; Tolonen, Siiri

doi:10.1080/03468755.2013.822457

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“…Also, the stigma attributed to Vaakunakylä of co-operating with the Nazis did not help. The City of Oulu had already taken measures to conceal the last reminders of Nazi past from the local landscape (Ylimaunu et al 2013).…”

Section: Vaakunakylä: From a Nazi Camp Into A Working-class Neighbour...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contemporary archaeological perspectives on intersectional inequality in a welfare state in twentieth-century Finland

Seitsonen,

Matila,

Hyttinen

et al. 2024

Antiquity

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Section: Vaakunakylä: From a Nazi Camp Into A Working-class Neighbour...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contemporary archaeological perspectives on intersectional inequality in a welfare state in twentieth-century Finland

Seitsonen,

Matila,

Hyttinen

et al. 2024

Antiquity

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“…The Germans established large military bases near northern Finnish towns and villages where they interacted with local civilians and were generally in amicable terms with them (Junila 2000;Seitsonen and Koskinen-Koivisto 2017;Ylimaunu et al 2013). Majority of the German bases were located behind the frontlines and served diverse logistical, administrative and other supporting functions.…”

Section: Historical Background and The German Military Base At Peltojokimentioning

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A military camp in the middle of nowhere: mobilities, dislocation and the archaeology of a Second World War German military base in Finnish Lapland

Seitsonen¹,

Herva

Nordqvist

et al. 2017

Journal of Conflict Archaeology

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This article discusses military mobilities and encampment, and associated themes such as dislocation and displacement of people, through the case of a Second World War German military camp in Finnish Lapland. The article describes the camp and its archaeological research and discusses various aspects of the camp and camp life in its particular subarctic 'wilderness' setting, framing the discussion within the themes of mobilities and dislocations, and especially their multiple impacts on the German troops and their multinational prisoners-ofwar based in the camp. A particular emphasis is put on how mobilities and dislocation -in effect 'being stuck' in a northern wilderness -were intertwined and how the inhabitants of the camp coped with the situation, as well as how this is reflected in the different features of the camp itself and the archaeological material that the fieldwork produced.

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Lapland’s Dark Heritage: Responses to the Legacy of World War II

Koskinen-Koivisto

Thomas

2016

Heritage in Action

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Dark,' or 'difficult' heritage is increasingly becoming of interest to researchers. How do different communities, whether in situ, online, or united by a particular hobby or interest, relate to aspects about the past that may be difficult or painful to reconcile? Do these encounters with difficult heritage lead to exploitation, indifference, destruction, or other even more diverse responses? This chapter focuses on communities in far northern Finland where different groups have chosen to engage (or not to engage) with the physical remains left by German activity in Lapland during the Second World War. These groups, including tourists, local residents and hobbyist treasure hunters, respond differently to the 'dark' heritage generated and in so doing generate their own connections and reconnections with the past.

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MEMORY OF BARRACKS: World War II German ‘Little Berlins’ and post-war urbanization in Northern Finnish towns

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

Contemporary archaeological perspectives on intersectional inequality in a welfare state in twentieth-century Finland

Contemporary archaeological perspectives on intersectional inequality in a welfare state in twentieth-century Finland

A military camp in the middle of nowhere: mobilities, dislocation and the archaeology of a Second World War German military base in Finnish Lapland

Lapland’s Dark Heritage: Responses to the Legacy of World War II

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