Hanko in WW2 - The 2020 battlefield archaeology excavations day 1/10
Today we kicked off the battlefield archaeology excavations in Hanko. As usual the first day was much about making preparations and...
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Team member Elisa Melasniemi to participate in osteological research of human remains in Turku
The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Turku has been built from the ruins of the Holy Spirit Church and rediscovered during archaeological...
Mapping the WW2 conflict archaeology of Örö
On May 25th our conflict archaelogy team headed out to Örö sea fortress. The main task was to gather as much information as possible...
Death and Repatriation
Last week I started work on texts for the "Hanko 1941" temporary theme exhibition for Hanko Front Museum. The exhibition "Death and...
POW camp archaeology
Today we visited the site of the former prisoner of war camp for Soviet soldiers on the border between Lohja and Raseborg S. Finland. The...
First WW2 conflict archaeology fieldwork in 2020 tomorrow
Finally, tomorrow, something happening on the "Hanko 1941" front. Me and Mr Lasse Nyman will kick off the first leg of the painstaking...
Kriget och stoltheten
Kolumn i Hufvudstadsbladet 26.4.2020 av professor Laura Kolbe Tulludden är inte bara en naturmiljö utan en viktig historisk plats. Under...
WW2 Conflict Arhaeology for schools in 2020-2021
In the midst of these dark days suddenly a ray of light in the form of a new project that aims to present WW2 Conflict Arhaeology in 40 +...
Exploring the Second World War in my childhood
My career as an archaeologist started in my childhood in Hanko where me and my brother looked for treasure in the abandoned WW2...
The conflict archaeology of Feldluftpark 3/XI Pori
Archaeologist Teemu Väisänen whom many of you already know from the "Hanko 1941" and "Durchgangslager Hanko" projects has started an own...
Soviet WW2 map case with full content discovered in Hanko
During a thorough renovation of an old building near Hanko harbour an intriguing find was made. In the attic, among other rubble was a...
Project presentation at the Finnish National Museum
On January 31st I presented the Hanko 1941 project at the annual field work presentations. The two day event was held in the auditorium...
Junkers JU-88/A-1 Crash Site in Täktom, Hanko
On July 5th 1941 Soviet air defence managed to down one of three German JU-88 bombers. The aircraft crashed in the sea killing the entire...
The scientific repatriation of seven Soviet war dead
During 2017-2019 seven forgotten graves of Soviet soldiers KIA in 1941 were excavated scientifically in order to get a name to the...
The Soviet prisoners of war
In the late summer of 1941 prisoner of war camp number 7 was moved from Karkkila to Svartå on the border between Karis and Lohja. During...
RAV documentation and battlefield archaeology surveying of the battle of Bengtskär
In May 2019 the Hanko 1941 project conducted a battlefield archaeology survey of the island of Bengtskär. The purpose of the survey was...
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The Hillock of Death
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