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Holocaust landscapes should not only be analysed in terms of what they can reveal about individual events and places. It is important to view these remnants as much more than simply structural ruins. In order to consider landscapes in their totality, it is important to recognise that this diverse body of evidence represents an equally diverse range of actions and personal circumstances. This chapter identifies several archaeologies of the Holocaust that relate to oppression, camouflage, concealment, deception, defiance and resistance.
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Sturdy Colls, C. (2015). Archaeologies of Oppression, Deception and Resistance. In: Holocaust Archaeologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10641-0_9
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