Life should be Transparent Conversations about Lithuania and Europe in the Twentieth Century and Today /

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"This book of thirteen conversations introduces us to the life of an exceptional person-theatre critic, Germanist, and long-time chair of the Open Lithuania Fund board Irena Veisaitė. The dialogue between Lithuanian historian Aurimas Švedas and a woman who reflects deeply on her experiences r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Švedas, Aurimas (Interviewer), Gruodis, Karla (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Lithuanian
Published: New York : Central European University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Veisaite, Irena.
Holocaust survivors > Lithuania > Biography.
Jews > Lithuania > Biography.
College teachers > Lithuania > Biography.
Theater critics > Lithuania > Interviews.
Theater critics > Lithuania > Biography.
Survivants de l'Holocauste > Lituanie > Biographies.
Critiques de théâtre > Lituanie > Entretiens.
Critiques de théâtre > Lituanie > Biographies.
HISTORY / Holocaust
College teachers
Holocaust survivors
Jews
Theater critics
Lithuania
Biography, Holocaust, Jewish studies, Literature, Lithuania, Open society, Soviet Union, Theater.
Biographies
Interviews
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. Engaging Memory and History
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conversation I. Life Should Be Transparent
  • Conversation II. We Could All See That Lithuania Was Trapped
  • Conversation III. What Had Happened to the World?
  • Conversation IV. To Forgive and Build the Future
  • These Are the Duties of the Living
  • Conversation V. I Was Surrounded by Very Good People
  • Conversation VI. I Needed a Change
  • Conversation VII. I Saw My Work as a Kind of Mission
  • Conversation VIII. The Theatre Suits My Interests and Temperament Perfectly
  • Conversation IX. People Developed Close Relationships within "Islands"
  • Conversation X. Why Was Faust Redeemed, Even After Making a Pact with the Devil?
  • Conversation XI. I Felt a Powerful Connection with My Spiritual Brothers
  • Conversation XII. I Regret Nothing, But I Continue to Pay Dearly for My Decisions
  • Conversation XIII. It Is Probably Only Possible to Feel a Part of History Once in One's Lifetime
  • In Lieu of an Epilogue. More and More Questions, But Fewer and Fewer Answers
  • Appendices. Voices from the Past
  • Appendix I. What Questions Matter the Most to Me Now?
  • Appendix II. Texts and Statements
  • Appendix III. Letters
  • Appendix IV. Post Scriptum
  • Key Biographical Events
  • Photos
  • Index

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