The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Turku has been built from the ruins of the Holy Spirit Church and rediscoveredduring archaeological excavations in 1986. Preceding the chapel was a …
On May 25th our conflict archaelogy team headed out to Örö sea fortress. The main task was to gather as much information as possible about an area with possible WW2 …
Last week I started work on texts for the ”Hanko 1941” temporary theme exhibition for Hanko Front Museum. The exhibition ”Death and Repatriation – Ethical WW2 Conflict Archaeology of Soviet …
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 camp was in use from …
Finally, tomorrow, something happening on the ”Hanko 1941” front. Me and Mr Lasse Nyman will kick off the first leg of the painstaking work of documenting the area of the …
Kolumn i Hufvudstadsbladet 26.4.2020 av professor Laura Kolbe Tulludden är inte bara en naturmiljö utan en viktig historisk plats. Under coronakrisen har virtuella museer, digitala evenemang och online-konserter blivit vardag. …
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 …
My career as an archaeologist started in my childhood in Hanko where me and my brother looked for treasure in the abandoned WW2 fortifications in the late 1960´s and early …
Archaeologist Teemu Väisänen whom many of you already know from the ”Hanko 1941” and ”Durchgangslager Hanko” projects has started an own intriguing WW2 conflict archaeology project near Pori W. Finland!! …
During a thorough renovation of an old building near Hanko harbour an intriguing find was made. In the attic, among other rubble was a small Soviet (1940-1941) map case containing …