KIYV ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GERMAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE FIELD OF ARCHAEOLOGY(1942–1945)

Authors

  • Світлана Сорокіна National Museum of Ukrainian History
  • Тетяна Радієвська National Museum of Ukrainian History
  • Оксана Завальна National Museum of Ukrainian History

Abstract

In March 1942, the District Agency for Prehistory and Protohistory by General Commissar was founded with dr. P. Grimm in charge, whose assignment was to take under the control main archaeological collections of Kiyv. In November 1942, the State Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory was founded by the directive of Reichskommissar, and professor R. Stampfuss was appointed as a head of the institute. In the autumn 1943, archaeological collections and stuff of the establishment were moved into Germany, where the institution recommenced its functioning in Höchstädt an der Donau and existed till May 1945.

Keywords: State Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory in Kyiv, District Agency for Prehistory and Protohistory in Kyiv, Paul Grimm, Rudolf Stampfuss, State Museum for Prehistory and Protohistory in Kyiv, Archaeological Institute, the Central Historical Museum

Author Biographies

Світлана Сорокіна, National Museum of Ukrainian History

Head of the Archaeology of Paleolithic-Bronze Age sector of the research department of preservation, National Museum of Ukrainian History (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Тетяна Радієвська, National Museum of Ukrainian History

Senior researcher of the Archaeology of Paleolithic-Bronze Age sector Of the research department of preservation, National Museum of Ukrainian History (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Оксана Завальна, National Museum of Ukrainian History

Senior researcher of the sector of the Documentary and Artifacts Collections of the research department of preservation, National Museum of Ukrainian History (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Published

2017-09-15

How to Cite

Сорокіна, С., Радієвська, Т., & Завальна, О. (2017). KIYV ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GERMAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE FIELD OF ARCHAEOLOGY(1942–1945). Scientific Bulletin of the National Museum of Ukrainian History, (2), 274-288. Retrieved from https://visnyk.nmiu.org/index.php/nv/article/view/150

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