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Autore |
Burström Mats |
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Titolo |
Treasured memories [[electronic resource] ] : tales of buried belongings in wartime Estonia / / Mats Burström ; translated by Charlotte Merton |
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Lund, Sweden, : Nordic Academic Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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91-87121-26-3 |
91-87121-27-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Estonia Antiquities |
Estonia History German occupation, 1941-1944 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Hidden in the ground; 2. Artefactual memory; Contemporary archaeology; Things to remember; Memory and history; 3. Historical background; Estonia seized by the Soviet Union, 1940; German occupation 1941-1944; Soviet reoccupation and mass exodus, 1944; Continued Soviet occupation, 1944-1991; Estonian independence, 1991; 4. Stories; Searching for stories; Unknown knowledge; Lost knowledge; Secret knowledge; Fragmentary knowledge; Undervalued knowledge; Stories about buried family treasure; Letti Rapp; Helga Nõu; Ädu Aunver and Indrek Aunver; Maret Kalm |
Ester SalasooKalju and Birgitta Luksepp; Ahto Kant; Adam Kreek; Filip Laurits; Toomas Petmanson; Other voices; Maiu Preismann; Tiiu Andræ; Rutt Hinrikus; Pille-Mai Laas; Erwin Pari; Virve Raag; P. Aarne Vesilind; Urmas Wompa; Aino Müllerbeck; Maarja Hollo; Aksella Kirotaja and Regina Kirotaja; Anonymous Swedish-Estonian; Andres Tvauri; 5. The land as memory bank; Recurring narrative themes; Why hide things by burying them?; Looking beyond Estonia; Archaeological reflections; Notes; References; About the author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the autumn of 1944, around 70,000 people fled Estonia in the face of the Red Army's advance; most of them believed the Soviet |
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occupation would be short-lived and they would soon be able to return home. A comprehensive study of a common yet neglected phenomenon, this book tells the stories of the hoards of valuable belongings hidden by these Estonian escapees. The sheer variety of objects-including those that remain buried, those that vanished, and those that were recovered-touches upon all levels of history, from personal memories to high pol |
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