Lithuanian Writer Kristina Sabaliauskaitė on Commemoration Controversies

Lithuanian Writer Kristina Sabaliauskaitė on Commemoration Controversies

Photo: Kristina Sabaliauskaitė, photographed by Paulius Gasiūnas

by Audrius Ožalas, deputy chief editor, 15min.lt

“…If we’re discussing Jewish-Lithuanian relations, which is at the core of the memory wars going on now, great progress had been made towards reconciliation, and now there is again an attempt to destroy that. I believe this isn’t coincidental, the March of the Living is scheduled for September, and I perceive there is a very specific, strategic attempt to discredit, harm, to do something to get rid of this beautiful initiative, [to stop] our admission of guilt, our healing as a society, our reconciliation with our Jewish brothers and sisters.”

Full interview in Lithuanian here.