This article engages with certain peculiar finds and features that we have documented at former German WWII military camps in Finnish Lapland, with a particular emphasis on an excavated assemblage that has affinities to traditional ritual (sacrificial) practices. The relevant finds and features date from the post-war period, but they are meaningfully associated with WWII sites. We consider the possible connections of these finds and features to folk magic and the supernatural, especially with regard to boundaries and boundary-making. The material is interpreted in relation to the painful histories and memories of WWII in the high North, and in the broader context of northern ways of life and being and perceptions of temporally layered landscapes. More specifically, we focus on how locals have coped with the difficult and haunting presences of WWII in northern landscapes and mindscapes after the war in a particular natural, cultural and cosmological lived environment which people have long co-inhabited with various non-human and spiritual entities. We aim to contribute to the broader discussion of the folklore of WWII as a dimension in conflict heritage and memory.

本文涉及我们在芬兰拉普兰的前德国二战军营中记录的一些奇特发现和特征，特别强调与传统仪式（祭祀）习俗有相似之处的发掘组合。相关的发现和特征可以追溯到战后时期，但它们与二战遗址有着有意义的联系。我们考虑了这些发现和特征与民间魔法和超自然现象的可能联系，尤其是在边界和边界建立方面。这些材料与二战在北方高地的痛苦历史和记忆有关，并在北方生活方式和存在方式以及对时间分层景观的感知的更广泛背景下进行解释。更具体地说，我们关注的是当地人如何在战后在北方景观和心灵景观中应对二战的艰难和令人难以忘怀的存在，人们长期以来一直与各种非人类和精神实体共存。我们的目标是为更广泛的讨论做出贡献，将二战的民间传说作为冲突、遗产和记忆的一个维度。