25th Holocaust Memorial Lecture
The University of Glasgow is delighted to welcome Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls, Professor in Conflict Archaeology and Genocide Investigation at the University of Huddersfield, to present the 25th Holocaust Memorial Lecture, entitled All That Remains? Objects from Treblinka Extermination Camp. This project is sponsored by The Association of Jewish Refugees.
You can register to attend the event in-person or to attend online.
Lecture Overview:
As part of their efforts to hide their crimes, the Nazis and their collaborators attempted to destroy the traces of the sites they had constructed to wipe out European Jews and of the remains of those they had murdered. At Treblinka extermination camp, these efforts resulted in the demolition of camp buildings, the levelling of the landscape and the burning of the bodies of between 800,000 and one million people. However, forensic archaeological investigations in the camp terrain have resulted in the discovery of much physical evidence related to the camp. In this lecture, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will discuss the objects found during surveys and minimally invasive excavations and the ways in which analysis of them has revealed new information about a range of lived experiences at the camp.