2024 Holocaust Memorial Lecture
From Treblinka and Trawniki: Forensic Archaeological Investigations at Sites of Nazi Persecution
The crimes perpetrated at Treblinka death camp are well documented by historians. However, despite its notoriety, investigations of the physical evidence connected to the camp and those who encountered it have historically been limited. Similarly, its wider landscape, comprising a labor camp, execution and work sites, has been poorly understood. In this lecture, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will demonstrate how forensic archaeological approaches have revealed new information about the mechanisms of mass murder at Treblinka and, in particular, how new understandings of the fates and experiences of the victims have emerged from the analysis of the material traces that they left behind. Professor Sturdy Colls will also discuss how her work at Treblinka led her to investigate the camp at Trawniki, where the “foot soldiers” who assisted the SS were trained.
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This program was funded in part by a New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grant.
