Treasured memories [[electronic resource] ] : tales of buried belongings in wartime Estonia / / Mats Burström ; translated by Charlotte Merton

• Autore: Burström Mats
• Pubblicazione: Lund, Sweden, : Nordic Academic Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.98084
• Soggetto geografico: Estonia Antiquities; Estonia History German occupation, 1941-1944
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MertonCharlotte
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Treasured memories
• ISBN: 91-87121-26-3; 91-87121-27-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910541116603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II