| Title |
Antrojo pasaulinio karo įvykiai Rytų Prūsijoje Klaipėdos krašto ir Kaliningrado srities atminimo kultūroje |
| Translation of Title |
Second World War in East Prussia in the culture of commemoration of Klaipėda region and Kaliningrad oblast. |
| Authors |
Safronovas, Vasilijus |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Acta historica universitatis Klaipedensis: Antrojo pasaulinio karo pabaiga Rytų Prūsijoje: faktai ir istorinės įžvalgos = End of the Second World War in East Prussia: facts and historical perception.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2009, [t.] 18, p. 87-108.. ISSN 1392-4095. eISSN 2351-6526 |
| Keywords [eng] |
World War II ; culture of commemoration ; function of commemoration ; founding myth ; Soviet Union ; East Prussia ; Klaipėda region ; Kaliningrad oblast ; Klaipėda ; Kaliningrad |
| Abstract [eng] |
This article analyses commemorations of World War II events in the northern part of former East Prussia, comparing discourses and practices of commemoration in post-war Klaipėda region and Kaliningrad oblast. It reviews the socio-cultural developments in this region and distinguishes between private and public forms of commemoration. Author argues that two main plots were important in the public commemoration of war: the plot of "liberation" and that of the victory achieved in the "struggle against Fascism". Analyzing the public commemoration of these plots, it distinguishes and exhaustively examines its three functions: legitimation of territorial subordination, founding myth, and payment of homage to the warriors as strategies of regime legitimation and the formation of valuable orientations. |
| Published |
Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2009 |
| CC license |
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