Archaeological Investigation of the Microhistories of the Second World War. A Case of a Soviet Soldier’s Grave in Western Poland

In this paper, we present the results of archaeological research into a Second World War military grave in western Poland, Lubuskie province. In the pages that follow, we argue that the archaeology of the recent past may contribute to negotiating and rewriting local memories, as well as to unveiling microhistories of global conflicts. Taking into account the story of one soldier – an actor and a victim of the Second World War, whose remains were found in the military grave in Bieniów village, we intend to present how archaeology works on oral histories and how it fills history with additional, previously lacking details