| Title |
Screening the Holocaust Perpetrator in Lithuania: Purple Smoke (2019) and Izaokas (2019) |
| Authors |
Davoliūtė, Violeta |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Slavic and East European Journal.. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. 2023, 67, 3, p. 363-379.. ISSN 0037-6752. eISSN 0037-6752 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Holocaust ; collaboration ; perpetrator ; representation ; Lithuania |
| Abstract [eng] |
This article analyzes two feature films dealing with the collaboration of Lithuanians in the Holocaust. Purple Smoke Izaokas (2019) represent a step forward along the road of national reckoning with the legacy of perpetration, challenging received nar-ratives of national victimhood and heroism. The ethics of representing the subjective position of the perpetrator are demanding, requiring a degree of empathy to develop understanding, but stopping short of identification. While Purple Smoke enables con-siderable empathy for the perpetrator, it focalizes history from the perspective of the victim. Izaokas, on the other hand, creates a moral hazard by dramatizing history from the perspective of the perpetrator, and make the Holocaust into a foil for Lithuanian suffering under the Soviets. |
| Published |
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2023 |
