Macikų lagerių patirtys žmonių atsiminimuose: Šilutės Hugo Šojaus muziejaus 2018–2020 metų etnografiniai tyrimai
Volume 22, Issue 31 (2022): Lietuvos etnologija:socialinės antropologijos ir etnologijos studijos, pp. 148–166
Pub. online: 1 January 2023
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
1 January 2023
1 January 2023
Abstract
The main aim of the article is to show the results of ethnographic research initiated by the Šilutė district based on the plan of the Macikai camp complex (1941–1955) and its implementation. In this article, the author attempts to represent the cultural memory of the Macikai camps after 1945 (the Soviet period), which were recorded in the ethnographic research of the Šilutė Hugo Scheu Museum in 2018–2020. The material is submitted according to these aspects: the general atmosphere of the time, the social background and the age of the people in the Gulag camp, the prisoners’ living conditions, the fate of Macikai cemetery, and others.