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Between the public and the personal: a new stage of Holocaust memory in Lithuania

  • A recently published personal story by American-Lithuanian writer Silvia Foti about her grandfather's involvement in the Holocaust in Lithuania has raised critical questions in the Lithuanain public about who has the right and authority to pronounce judgement on the nation’s history. The article reviews this debate and discusses how intimate and self-critical stories like Foti's fit within the official narrative and public celebration of the resistance nation in contemporary Lithuania.

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0092
Creator and project details
Author:Violeta DavoliūtėGND
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Between the public and the personal: a new stage of Holocaust memory in Lithuania
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/17
Date of first Publication:2018/12/19
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
GND Keyword:Litauen; Judenvernichtung; Kollektives Gedächtnis; Widerstand
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File Size:2250 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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