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‘Lithuanians still regarded as a Jew-killing nation’: book in US throws spotlight on Holocaust controversy
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The restored memorial plaque to Jonas Noreika-Vėtra in Vilnius. / BNS
A controversial World War Two figure keeps dominating discussions about Holocaust memory in Lithuania, with a new book pointing at the country s alleged failure to acknowledge the role of its lionised figures in killing Jews.
In her new book The Nazi s Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather was a War Criminal, American journalist and publicist Silvia Foti details her discoveries about her grandfather Jonas Noreika. Revered by many in Lithuania as a resistance fighter against the Soviet occupation, Noreika has also collaborated with the Nazis during World War Two.
What 1989 can (and cannot) teach us
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Romania, 1989. / AP
When viewed as the breaking point of conformity, 1989 contains multiple and legitimate meanings. This is the main conclusion that can be made from all the different perspectives gathered throughout our project. Talking about 1989 in a meaningful way, especially about the role of the citizen, it is crucial we resist the temptation to search for a common cause of the revolutions.
This story originally appeared at the New Eastern Europe magazine, partners of LRT English.
In 2020 a research project dedicated to understanding the meaning of 1989 conducted a series of talks with intellectuals and scholars in Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. It collected witness testimony of these events as well as interviewing the post-1989 generation in order to understand their relationship to the history of the transformation. This essay is based on the outcomes of these discussions, focusing primarily on the role and
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In 2020 a research project dedicated
to understanding the meaning of 1989 conducted a series of talks with
intellectuals and scholars in Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and
Romania. It collected witness testimony of these events as well as interviewing
the post-1989 generation in order to understand their relationship to the history
of the transformation. This essay is based on the outcomes of these
discussions, focusing primarily on the role and meaning of citizen actions.[1]
Go West!
“The was an idealisation of the West, as a land of prosperity and stability, rather than a direct longing for an alternative, democratic regime”