We, They and Ours: On the Holocaust Debate in Lithuania
- A recently published travelogue by Lithuanian journalist Rūta Vanagaitė raised critical questions about Lithuanians’ complicity in the extermination of their Jewish neighbours. The book sparked vivid responses among both historians and the wider Lithuanian public. The article places the debate in the broader context of Lithuania’s post-Soviet politics of memory vis á vis the Holocaust and reflects on whether the popularity of this book constitutes a shift in public historical consciousness aboutA recently published travelogue by Lithuanian journalist Rūta Vanagaitė raised critical questions about Lithuanians’ complicity in the extermination of their Jewish neighbours. The book sparked vivid responses among both historians and the wider Lithuanian public. The article places the debate in the broader context of Lithuania’s post-Soviet politics of memory vis á vis the Holocaust and reflects on whether the popularity of this book constitutes a shift in public historical consciousness about this controversial period.…
Document Type: | Article |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0053 |
Creator and project details | |
Author: | Ekaterina MakhotinaGND |
Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
Title details | |
Title (English): | We, They and Ours: On the Holocaust Debate in Lithuania |
Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
Release Date: | 2020/02/12 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2019/01/07 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/09/27 |
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) |
Tag: | Vanagaitė Jews; Lithuania; Second World War; collaboration; memory politics |
GND Keyword: | Litauen; Weltkrieg <1939-1945>; Judenvernichtung; Vanagaitė, Rūta; Kollektives Gedächtnis |
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File Size: | 9957 KB |
MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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