Between Sociology and Archaeology – on Advantages of Interdisciplinary Research in Villages of Former Recovered Territories

The article describes the research of interdisciplinary team of scientists who, apart from inspecting dugouts, trenches and batteries, search for older evidences of cultural and natural heritage of Zgorzelecki Forest. This article attempts also to make the readers familiar with the issue of relocation and migration after the World War II to the territory of the so-called Recovered Territories. It allows to see the bigger picture of human stories, and also allows  to answer the question about the state of local identities, their quality, the sense of responsibility for matters not concerning one’s own interest and contemporary relationships.