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Glorification, whitewashing, erasureThe populist challenge to dealing with the past in Lithuania
This case study explores the populist instrumentalisation of history in Lithuania since 2014, the year Russia invaded Ukraine. The author documents how far-right and populist actors in Lithuania increasingly turn to the experience of the Second World War and its aftermath to propagate simplistic narratives that rely on antisemitic tropes, whitewash historical crimes, and turn victims into villains and perpetrators into victims, with the ostensible aim of strengthening patriotic sentiment.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Violeta Davoliūtė
"Globalised conflicts require mediation to evolve"Interview with our new Head of Unit Europe, Dr Christina Horváth-Stenner
Christina spoke with us about her experience in high-level negotiations, her goals for Berghof’s Europe work, and what trampoline jumping teaches us about mediation.
- feature 18 Jun 2025