Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and World War II

Antonino Crisà, Ph.D. (2015), University of Leicester, is currently Assistant Professor of Humanities at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. He has published substantial articles and two books on Sicilian archaeology, numismatics and museums, including 'When Archaeology Meets Communities' (Archaeopress, 2018).

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAntonino Crisà1 Italy 1940–45: Allied Reports on AntiquitiesCarlotta Coccoli2 ‘Quartered in the Midst of the Greatest Collection in All Italy’: Lessons from the Museo Nazionale di Napoli in WartimeNigel Pollard3 War and the Antiquities at Risk in Sicily: a Case Study on the Artillery Position at the Polyphemus Cave in Milazzo (Messina, 1943)Antonino Crisà4 Memories of War: the Battle of Troina, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in SicilyFlaminia Bartolini and Simon Stoddart5 Bridges at War and Conservation of Cultural Heritage: a Case Study from ItalyGermano Germanò6 The Antiquities in Attica during Conflict: the Impact of World War IIChrysanthi Tsouli7 Protecting Museum Antiquities during World War II: Photographs from the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, with a Story to TellMaria Chidiroglou8 Kerameikos: a Significant Archaeological Site of Athens and Its Museum during World War II (1940–44)Fotios Katevas9 Never-Never Land under Attack: Axis War Damage to Cretan AntiquitiesJan Driessen10 Rock(s) around the Bunker: the Destruction of the Archaeological Heritage of France during World War IIJean-Pierre Legendre and Laurent Olivier11 From ‘War Junk’ to ‘Isn’t This a Treasure!’: Processes of Heritagization of the Material Remains of the Second World War in Finnish LaplandSuzie ThomasConclusionAntonino CrisàIndex