Kurt Thomas

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Articles
Desecration of Synagogues and Other Religious Buildings
As well as Jewish cemeteries, synagogues were widely targeted by the Nazis as part of their efforts to attack Jewish culture.
Desecration of Synagogues and Other Religious Buildings
Articles
Oświęcim: Transforming the Town
Oświęcim was one of the first towns in Poland to be invaded by the German army after the outbreak of World War II.
Oświęcim: Transforming the Town
Oświęcim
Oświęcim: Finding Existing Graves
Having mapped the locations of the matzevot within the cemetery, GPR was used in an attempt to relocate the original graves that they used to mark.
Oświęcim: Finding Existing Graves
Resources
Publication: The Archaeology of Cultural Genocide
In this paper, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls provides a timely assessment of approaches to the investigation of cultural genocide.
Publication: The Archaeology of Cultural Genocide
Piaski
Piaski: New Jewish Cemetery
The new cemetery in Piaski contains evidence of severe damage to matzevot, executions and mass graves.
Piaski: New Jewish Cemetery
People
Piaski: Kurt Thomas Eyewitness Testimony
Kurt Thomas describes the Piaski ghetto
Piaski: Kurt Thomas Eyewitness Testimony