Anthropology and Ethnology During World War II

The Activity of Sektion Rassen- und Volkstumsforschung Institut fur Deutsche Ostarbeit in the Light of New Source Materials
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-83-233-4562-6
Verlag: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 840 g

Reihe: Jagiellonian Studies in Cultural Anthropology

The volume presents a collection of texts describing contemporary research findings into the documentation of the Sektion Rassen und-Volsktumsforschung of the Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit (IDO)—a Nazi-led institution that was established in occupied Poland during World War II.

The research project was carried out by anthropologists from the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology together with representatives of other disciplines: historians, sociologists, and physical anthropologists from Jagiellonian University. The studies and papers are based on an analysis of a vast body of documents and photographs. It is first of all a vast collection of sources connected with research carried out by Sektion Rassen-und Volkstumsforschung IDO, kept at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The authors refer as well to previously unknown documents discovered during queries conducted over the last few years. The available sources provide greater insight into the activities of the Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit as well as make it possible to verify the existing information concerning the character of research carried out by Sektion Rassen-und Volkstumsforschung.

The book contains a rich number of illustrations: Photographs, medical and anthropological questionnaires, psychological tests, and questionnaires containing sociological and ethnographic information not only help visualize, but in a significant way complement the text of the publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maj, Malgorzata

Brocki, Marcin

Trebunia-Staszel, Stanislawa

Weitere Mitwirkende

Diehl, Katarzyna Dorota

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Geschichte der Soziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Malgorzata Maj is an ethnologist in the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, Poland. She specializes in the ethnology of Poland and the Balkans. Her interests are focused on traditional folk culture as well contemporary phenomena. She is currently carrying out a research project on Nazi racial and ethnographic research during World War II.

Marcin Brocki is an ethnologist and cultural anthropologist, assistant professor, and head of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His recent publications include Anthropology as Social Critic: Its Public Role in the Globalized World (Jagiellonian University Press, 2018). He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Ethnographic Works and the series Jagiellonian Studies in Cultural Anthropology and Anthropos.

Stanislawa Trebunia-Staszel is an ethnologist at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at Jagiellonian University. She is interested in museology, folk culture, and cultural heritage with special regards to the processes of constructing, practicing, and enhancing local, regional, or ethnic identity. Since 2008, she has been conducting research on the Nazi ethnic and racial studies in occupied Poland as exemplified by activities of the Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit.