Nazi memorabilia, dark heritage and treasure hunting as “alternative” tourism: Understanding the fascination with the material remains of World War ii in Northern Finland

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 331-343

  Thomas, Suzie ^a   Seitsonen, Oula ^a   Herva, Vesa Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dark heritage; Finland; Lapland; Second world war; Treasure hunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981218368     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2016.1168769     Document Type: Article

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