Antanas Sutkus: Pro Memoria Steidl 9783958296404 Born in 1939

Born in 1939, Antanas Sutkus learnt of the mass killing of the Jews already during World War II from his grandparents. He felt bitterly opposed to the humiliation and human destruction that occurred in his homeland Lithuania, experiencing shame and guilt for the atrocities committed behind the Vilijampole ghetto gates and the Ninth Fort. During the “Sonderaktion 1005” between 1942 and ’44, German occupation forces tried to vanish the relics of the victims. In 1986 Sutkus began photographing the Kaunas Jews who had escaped death in concentration camps
Pro Memoria presents a selection of these portraits, and evidences the relationships Sutkus forged with his sitters. As far back as the time of Grand Duke Gediminas (1275–1341), who invited tradesmen and artisans to Lithuania from various European states, the Jews had been offered protection and support there. Over the next 600 years they took root in Lithuania through their accomplishments and prayers, printing workshops and synagogues, libraries and gymnasiums, song and legends. This vibrant branch of Lithuania’s cultural history was then violently destroyed when 200,000 Jews were murdered and thrown into pits on forest edges, quarries and death camps. This book is a tribute to these people, and an express ion of attempts at understanding, penitence, purification and rebirth.

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ISBN: 9783958296404
Язык: Английский
Объем: 180
Автор: Antanas Sutkus,Antanas Sutkus
Формат: Твёрдый,238x269
Издательство: Steidl
Год: 2020
Количество страниц: 180
Переплет: Твёрдый
Count: 1
Авторы: Antanas Sutkus
Год публикации: 2020
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