SCI: Working on a history trail to keep history alive
16-99 Jahre
13.07.2024 bis 27.07.2024
90 €
Unterkunft, Verpflegung
Bewerbungsschluss: 11.06.2024
The work will take place in a part of the nature reserve ‘Gohrischheide und Elbniederterrasse Zeithain’. This area was previously used from 1946 to 1990 by the Red Army and before that, from 1941 to 1945 as a prisoner-of-war (PoW) camp by the Nazi regime, with prisoners principally from the Soviet Union who were not treated following the rules of the Geneva Convention. Other prisoners also came from countries such as Italy, Poland, Yugoslavia, and the UK.
As the area was used by the Red Army to practice driving tanks, the buildings and roads of the prisoner-of-war camp were destroyed. However, since 2003, SCI workcamps have uncovered the former camp area under the supervision of an archaeologist, mainly the foundations of important buildings and remains of one of the main camps.
