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Antrojo pasaulinio karo įvykiai Rytų Prūsijoje Klaipėdos krašto ir Kaliningrado srities atminimo kultūroje | Second World War in East Prussia in the Culture of Commemoration of Klaipėda Region and Kaliningrad Oblast
Volume 18 (2009): Antrojo pasaulinio karo pabaiga Rytų Prūsijoje: faktai ir istorinės įžvalgos = End of the Second World War in East Prussia: Facts and Historical Perception, pp. 87–108
Vasilijus Safronovas  

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Pub. online: 8 September 2009      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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8 September 2009

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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.

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World War II culture of commemoration functions of commemoration founding myth Soviet Union East Prussia Klaipėda region Kaliningrad oblast Klaipėda Kaliningrad

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