http://hdl.handle.net/11089/1099 2026-08-20T13:41:27Z 2026-08-20T13:41:27Z Kobiałka, Dawid Rogóż, Joanna Czarnik, Michał Mazanowska, Izabela Stępnik, Jakub Muñoz-Encinar, Laura Ceran, Tomasz http://hdl.handle.net/11089/59157 2026-08-19T03:15:34Z 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z

Archaeology and “Life Unworthy of Life:” The Extermination of People with Mental Disorders or Disabilities in Death Valley in Chojnice, Poland Kobiałka, Dawid; Rogóż, Joanna; Czarnik, Michał; Mazanowska, Izabela; Stępnik, Jakub; Muñoz-Encinar, Laura; Ceran, Tomasz The first months of the Second World War were particularly tragic in the area of the former Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The Germans exterminated local elites, people with disabilities and disorders, farmers, and workers, as well as a small number of members of the local Jewish community. Relatively little is known about these events because traces of the crimes were covered up—victims’ bodies were hidden in mass graves, records were burned, and in the second half of 1944, the so-called Aktion 1005 took place in Pomerania. The first grave to be discovered archaeologically of people with mental disorders or disabilities, defined in Nazi ideology as “life unworthy of life” (Lebensunwertes Leben), was studied in 2024 in Death Valley in Chojnice. This article demonstrates the fundamental role of archaeology in documenting and examining the traces of mass crimes. It presents archaeology as an important mission with social, cultural, historical, and humanitarian significance.

2026-08-17T00:00:00Z Barczyk, Alina http://hdl.handle.net/11089/57704 2026-03-17T04:08:47Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Architekt dworu cesarskiego. Ekspozycja i katalog wystawy Fischer von Erlach – Baumeister des Barock, Salzburg Museum, 6 kwietnia – 8 października 2023 r. Barczyk, Alina

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Ceran, Tomasz Góra, Mieczysław Kobiałka, Dawid Krupa-Ławrynowicz, Aleksandra Mazanowska, Zabela http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56629 2025-11-05T03:57:26Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Badania nad zbrodnią pomorską 1939 z perspektywy historyka, prokuratora, archeologa i etnologa Ceran, Tomasz; Góra, Mieczysław; Kobiałka, Dawid; Krupa-Ławrynowicz, Aleksandra; Mazanowska, Zabela Współczesne badania zbrodni z okresu II wojny światowej wymagają interdyscyplinarnego podejścia i nowej perspektywy badawczej. Na przykładzie zbrodni pomorskiej 1939, czyli eksterminacji polskiej ludności cywilnej, osób chorych psychicznie oraz miejscowych Żydów w pierwszych miesiącach okupacji niemieckiej na terenie przedwojennego województwa pomorskiego, historycy, prokurator, etnolog i archeolog opisują cel ich badań i sposób prowadzenia, a także wyjaśniają, dlaczego współpraca między różnymi dyscyplinami jest niezbędna.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Kobiałka, Dawid Jankowski, Tomasz Ceran, Tomasz Mazanowska, Izabela Czarnik, Michał Woliński, Karol http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56560 2025-11-05T06:21:36Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Materialność akcji 1005 – przykład zacierania śladów niemieckich, masowych zbrodni w Lesie Szpęgawskim Kobiałka, Dawid; Jankowski, Tomasz; Ceran, Tomasz; Mazanowska, Izabela; Czarnik, Michał; Woliński, Karol During the first months of the Second World War in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (and Kuyavia), the Germans murdered – as can only be generally estimated – about 20,000-30,000 citizens of the Second Polish Republic. The bodies of the victims were usually buried in mass graves. This was the first example of German genocide committed in the years 1939-1945. In the second half of 1944, the bodies of the victims were exhumed from about 30 execution sites and then burned in order to cover up the traces of the crime (Aktion 1005). This article emphasizes the key role of archaeological research in the context of documenting and studying the traces of mass crimes. Despite the mass scale of the atrocity in the autumn of 1939 and the c. 400 execution sites known, they were have been the subject of research primarily by professional historians and local historians. The project “Archaeology of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939” is the first attempt at a new, archaeological (and in fact interdisciplinary) look at the legacy of the events of autumn 1939 and their concealment at the end of 1944. The results of research in the Szpęgawsk Forest are presented as a case study. This was one of the largest and most important places of execution from the initial period of the Second World War in Gdańsk Pomerania, where the Germans destroyed mass graves as part of Aktion 1005.

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