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Genealogical Writing and Memory of the Holocaust in Lithuania
Author(s): Daviliūtė, Violeta
Date: 2021
Topics: Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Survivors: Children of, Holocaust Survivors: Grandchildren of, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Memory, Oral History and Biography
Abstract: Diverse works of autobiographical non-fiction on the Holocaust in Lithuania reflect a pattern of generational memory familiar to students of German historical memory, but with key differences. Cold War taboos against discussions of local participation in the Holocaust delayed the appearance of second-generation Holocaust memory until the post-Soviet 1990s, such that it coincided with the natural emergence of third-generation memory. This overlapping of generations, along with the incipient convergence of perspectives from each side of the Atlantic, has contributed to the emergence of a transnational space of historical discourse. The dynamism of this discourse appears to have reinforced the fractured “memory regime” in Lithuania, dominated by ongoing efforts to place the legacy of the anti-Soviet resistance at the core of national memory and identity.
The Prague Declaration of 2008 and its Repercussions in Lithuania. Historical Justice and Reconciliation
Author(s): Daviliūtė, Violeta
Date: 2011
Topics: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Holocaust Commemoration, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Memory
Abstract: Overall, the Prague Declaration of 2008, promoting awareness of the crimes by both Nazi and Soviet regimes, has gained broad acceptance. However, it also resulted in mounting criticism about the implied moral equivalence of fascism and communism and the decision to commemorate all victims of both regimes on the same day, thus supplanting the existing Holocaust Day and even enabling former Nazi collaborators to pose as victims of communism. This controversy is of special relevance to Lithuanians because 2011 is the 70th anniversary of the tragic summer of 1941 during which they were in turn victims of deportation, heroes of an anti-Soviet uprising, and collaborators in the Holocaust. The entanglement of so many traumatic events has long since confounded efforts to work through the past and is presently causing a resurgence of chauvinistic politics, seriously threatening the process of healing and dialogue.