Arierdämmerung

Race and archaeology in Nazi Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID3919877
AuthorsB Arnold (0000-0003-3359-8152, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume38
Issue1
Pages8-31
Publication date2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438240500509744
OpenAlexW2010730426
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited23

Archaeological evidence under the auspices of the National Socialist regime was exaggerated, misrepresented and otherwise abused in various ways to support contemporary military and social agendas, ranging from invasion to genocide. This chapter will review and analyze the complex interplay between several organizations within the Nazi party from 1933 to 1945 that were actively involved in promoting or conducting archaeological research designed to underwrite the 'racial hygiene' agenda of the regime. Not only do the roots of this deadly symbiosis pre-date the twentieth century, they were neither uniquely German nor ultimately able to flourish unchallenged even in a totalitarian regime with all the oppressive mechanisms for social control at its disposal

Archaeology · Conflict archaeology · Criminology · Genocide · German · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political economy · Political science · Prehistoric archaeology · Race (biology · Sociology · European history and politics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Medical History and Research · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity

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