Klaipėdos krašto gyventojų pronacistinių orientacijų XX a. 4-ajame dešimtmetyje vertinimo problema | Pro-Nazi Orientation in Klaipėda Region in the 1930’s: The Problem of Its Evaluation
Volume 17 (2008): Nauji požiūriai į Klaipėdos miesto ir krašto praeitį = The City and Region of Klaipėda: New Approaches to the Past, pp. 101–120
Pub. online: 30 January 2008
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
30 January 2008
30 January 2008
Abstract
The objective of the article is verification of the images related to the pro-Nazi orientation of population of Klaipėda Region in 1930’s which was formed in propaganda discourse and Lithuanian Soviet historiography during the interwar and post-war period. Disassociating the material from the incriminatory attitude, which prevailed in Soviet historiography, the authors analyse the support for National Socialism in Klaipėda Region, define the reasons for this support, characterize the motives for involvement in the local pro-Nazi structures of the local population, and the aims of the NSDAP for maintaining these structures. The article distinguishes three stages of adaptation of National Socialism in Klaipėda Region as well as peculiarities of this adaptation.