scholarly journals Extending the archaeological frontier: A review of work on the prehistory of North Queensland

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
World War ◽  
False Start ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Work Up ◽  
Second World

Work on the archaeological frontier of the vast region known as North Queensland is still very much in its infancy, though ten years ago it had hardly even been born. As with work on the prehistory of Australia in general (Mulvaney 1971, 1975; Horton 1981a), work on the prehistory of North Queensland has had a number of "false starts". During and after the Second World War there was at times a certain limited amount of amateur interest and even the odd amateur excavation (e.g. Stephens 1945). Professional archaeological work had a "false start" in the early 1960s (Wright 1964, 1971) and then a new, more permanent start in the mid-1970s. A review of work up till 1979 may be found in Coventry et al. (1980). The early 1980s have already seen the commencement of many additional research projects, at least compared with what had happened before, though North Queensland is certainly still quite a long way from being filled up with archaeological projects. In addition to mainstream research, since about 1980 there has also been, at long last, a reasonable increase in the number of environmental impact surveys being carried out which have actually included an archaeological component, though this has sometimes been added as an afterthought. I will not attempt to review the environmental impact work, as much of it is still inaccessible and most of it only reports surface occurrences.

Donald John Wiseman 1918–2010

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN MILLARD
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Second World ◽  
Intelligence Officer

Donald Wiseman, a leading assyriologist, had a distinguished service in the RAF during the Second World War under Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park and later in the Mediterranean as Chief Intelligence Officer. After time working at the British Museum on thousands of cuneiform tablets and as a member of Mallowan's team excavating Nimrud, he took up the Chair of Assyriology at SOAS in 1961. Wiseman, who was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1969, worked to advance archaeological work in the Near East.

Onderduikers en vluchtelingen na de Tweede Wereldoorlog: een nieuwe onderzoekspiste

2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Frank Seberechts
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
Second World ◽  
The Catholic Church

Op het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog slaagde een aantal nazi's en collaborateurs erin onder te duiken of de vlucht te nemen naar het buitenland. In deze bijdrage proberen we een aanzet te geven voor verder onderzoek.Volgens nazi-jager Simon Wiesenthal werd kort na de oorlog een organisatie van voormalige SS-ers opgericht, met de naam 'Odessa'. Die zorgde voor vluchtroutes en dekmantels voor voormalige nazi's. Veel harde bewijzen voor het bestaan van een dergelijk netwerk werden tot nog toe niet gevonden. Hoewel Wiesenthals versie vaak kritiekloos werd overgenomen door heel wat auteurs, rees in de voorbije jaren steeds meer twijfel.Ook in Vlaanderen doken nazi's en collaborateurs onder, of ze slaagden erin naar het buitenland (vooral Spanje, Ierland en Zuid-Amerika) te ontkomen. Bij hun onderduiken en hun vlucht konden zij rekenen op de steun van medestanders in België en in de omringende landen. Er bestonden wel degelijk ontsnappingslijnen voor ondergedoken incivieken. De ondersteuning van de onderneming werd wellicht mogelijk gemaakt door lotgenoten, sympathisanten en de katholieke kerk. Voor zover we tot nu toe konden nagaan, was er ook in België echter geen sprake van een alomvattend netwerk van steunverlening aan ondergedoken en vluchtende collaborateurs. Toch dient dit verder onderzocht. Bronnen voor verder onderzoek bevinden zich onder meer in het ADVN, het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en in diverse buitenlandse archieven.________Persons in hiding and fugitives after the Second World War: a new area of researchAt the end of the Second World War a number of Nazis and collaborators managed to go into hiding or take refuge abroad. In this contribution we attempt to instigate further research into this subject.According to Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal an organisation of former SS members, called 'Odessa', was founded shortly after the war. It provided escape routes and covers for former Nazis. Until now not much hard evidence has been found for the existence of such a network. Although quite a few authors often repeated Wiesenthal’s version without criticism, doubts concerning these matters have increased over the past years.In Flanders Nazis and collaborators also went into hiding or managed to escape abroad (particularly to Spain, Ireland and South America). When they went into hiding or took refuge they could count on the support of their associates in Belgium and surrounding countries. There were indeed escape lines for collaborators in hiding. It is possible that the enterprise was facilitated by fellow-sufferers, sympathizers and the Catholic Church. In as far as we have been able to verify until now, however, there was no question of the existence in Belgium of a comprehensive network to assist collaborators in hiding and in flight. Yet this deserves further investigation. Sources for additional research may be found among others in the ADVN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in various foreign archives.

Gender and the Second World War

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Peniston-Bird ◽  
Emma Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Second World

Kapitalistische Krisen mit und ohne systemischer Herausforderung.

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (185) ◽  
pp. 543-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
World Market ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Deep Penetration ◽  
World War ◽  
Major Overhaul ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Global Restructuring ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
Class Power ◽  
Second World

This article draws on Marxist theories of crises, imperialism, and class formation to identify commonalities and differences between the stagnation of the 1930s and today. Its key argument is that the anti-systemic movements that existed in the 1930s and gained ground after the Second World War pushed capitalists to turn from imperialist expansion and rivalry to the deep penetration of domestic markets. By doing so they unleashed strong economic growth that allowed for social compromise without hurting profits. Yet, once labour and other social movements threatened to shift the balance of class power into their favor, capitalist counter-reform began. In its course, global restructuring, and notably the integration of Russia and China into the world market, created space for accumulation. The cause for the current stagnation is that this space has been used up. In the absence of systemic challenges capitalists have little reason to seek a major overhaul of their accumulation strategies that could help to overcome stagnation. Instead they prop up profits at the expense of the subaltern classes even if this prolongs stagnation and leads to sharper social divisions.

Zabiegi likwidujące skutki obrzezania wykonywane w Warszawie w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. Wstępna próba opisu zjawiska

2017 ◽  
pp. 437-446
Author(s):  
Maria Ciesielska
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Tissue Preparation ◽  
World War ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Reconstruction Surgery ◽  
Repair Operation ◽  
Manual Treatment ◽  
Operating Technique ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Second World

Men’s circumcision is in many countries considered as a hygienic-cosmetic or aesthetic treatment. However, it still remains in close connection with religious rites (Judaism, Islam) and is still practiced all over the world. During the Second World War the visible effects of circumcision became an indisputable evidence of being a Jew and were often used especially by the so-called szmalcownicy (blackmailers). Fear of the possibility of discovering as non-Aryan prompted many Jews hiding on the so-called Aryan side of Warsaw to seek medical practitioners who would restore the condition as it was before the circumcision. The reconstruction surgery was called in surgical jargon “knife baptizing”. Almost all of the procedures were performed by Aryan doctors although four cases of hiding Jewish doctors participating in such procedures are known. Surgical technique consisted of the surgical formation of a new foreskin after tissue preparation and stretching it by manual treatment. The success of the repair operation depended on the patient’s cooperation with the doctor, the worst result was in children. The physicians described in the article and the operating technique are probably only a fragment of a broader activity, described meticulously by only one of the doctors – Dr. Janusz Skórski. This work is an attempt to describe the phenomenon based on the very scanty source material, but it seems to be the first such attempt for several decades.

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