This lecture, screening, and workshop examine the evolving uses and meanings of a single film, The Recovery of Vilnius Region, which documents the Lithuanian army's march on Vilnius in October 1939. Initially presented to the nation as a historic victory, the event was marked by controversial circumstances and later overshadowed by subsequent events.
We will explore the different stages that led to the transformation of this film from an artifact of nationalist propaganda to a site of contested history and national memory. By analysing its temporary oblivion and its appropriation in Nazi, Soviet, and Lithuanian documentaries, it reveals how these moving images shaped - and were shaped by - changing political regimes and historical narratives on WWII.
The event will take place on March 18, 5:00PM at the IIRPS VU Winter Garden (Library Entrance).
Speaker:
Giorgio Ruggeri
Doctoral student, Lithuanian Institute of History
Member of the EUROPAST, Vilnius University
Giorgio Ruggeri
Doctoral student, Lithuanian Institute of History
Member of the EUROPAST, Vilnius University
Chair:
Natalija Arlauskaitė, professor, IIRPS
Natalija Arlauskaitė, professor, IIRPS
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