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'Adolf Island'

The Nazi occupation of Alderney

By Caroline Sturdy Colls and Kevin Colls

'Adolf Island'
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  • ISBN: 9781526149060
  • Publish Date: Mar 2022
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Hardcover
    • ISBN: 978-1-5261-4906-0
    • Pages: 488
    • Price: £90.00
    • Published Date: March 2022

    Description

    'Adolf Island' offers new forensic, archaeological and spatial perspectives on the Nazi forced and slave labour programme that was initiated on the Channel Island of Alderney during its occupation in the Second World War. Drawing on extensive archival research and the results of the first in-field investigations of the 'crime scenes' since 1945, the book identifies and characterises the network of concentration and labour camps, fortifications, burial sites and other material traces connected to the occupation, providing new insights into the identities and experiences of the men and women who lived, worked and died within this landscape. Moving beyond previous studies focused on military aspects of occupation, the book argues that Alderney was intrinsically linked to wider systems of Nazi forced and slave labour.

    Reviews

    'Adolf Island builds on Caroline Sturdy Colls' earlier, foundational work on the archaeology of the Holocaust, and like her previous writing, it features the close attention to detail and carefully weighed words needed when working on such viciously contested heritage. It is a remarkable piece of historical archaeological research and a model for work of this kind.'
    Gabriel Moshenska, Journal of Contemporary Archaeology

    Contents

    Introduction
    Part I: Work
    1 The labourers
    2 Products of forced and slave labour
    Part II: Life
    3 Wire and cement
    4 Architecture and experience in Sylt concentration camp
    5 Norderney: into the 'tunnel of death'
    6 A landscape of internment
    Part III: Death
    7 The deceased
    8 Marked and clandestine burials
    9 The missing
    Part IV: Aftermath
    10 The final phases of occupation
    11 Legacies
    Concluding remarks
    Index

    Authors

    Caroline Sturdy Colls is Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Genocide Investigation at Staffordshire University

    Kevin Simon Colls is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Staffordshire University

    'Adolf Island'

    By Caroline Sturdy Colls, Kevin Colls

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