Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - THE BATTLE OF MEMEL: A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH
AU  - Kozakaitė J
AU  - Piombino-Mascali D
AU  - Brindzaitė R
AU  - Miliauskienė Ž
AU  - Jankauskas R
Y1  - 2022
VL  - 60
IS  - 2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
KW  - Forensic anthropology – WWII – Trauma – Conflict – Casualty – Lithuania
N2  - 
N2  - Known as one of the last major battles of the Second World War in the territory of Lithuania, the seizing
of the town of Memel (now Klaipėda) took place between 1944–1945. Memel and Memelland had been under Nazi
Germany control since 1939 and were only regained by the Soviet Army in 1945. Through the analysis of human remains
found in this territory in 2002, 2008, and 2013, this case study is aimed at outlining the general biological profile of the
soldiers, identifying any lesions related to the cause of death of these subjects, as well as assessing the attitudes of the
living towards the deceased.
ER  -