A Flight to Fame, to Oblivion

Author:

Sviderskytė Gražina

Abstract

This paper investigates a case study of memory transformation. It looks at an 80-year sequence of complex interactions by which a single tragedy, the transatlantic flight and deadly crash in Germany (now Poland) of two American-Lithuanian pilots, which occurred 17 July 1933, was turned into a lasting phenomenon, a powerful myth (re)shaped by competing memory regimes. A general discussion on memory management and the cultural politics related to this event correlates with the topical issues of the ongoing search for a new conception, or the sense of history as a tool for configuring the future of Lithuania, as well as of some other Eastern European countries.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Geography, Planning and Development

Reference25 articles.

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