Paneriai under the Soviets: Between Abandonment and Commemoration
Up to 70,000 people, mostly Jews from Vilnius, were shot at Paneriai during the Nazi occupation of LithuaniaContinue Reading →
Life in Decline: Artists on Estonia’s Post-Industrial East
"One has to come to Kohtla-Nõmme on purpose..."Continue Reading →
The Train Station Ateljee: Stumbling Across Estonia’s Distant History
Somehow, this display has affected me more than all the statues I’ve seen in city centres all over the world, names carved in marble.Continue Reading →
Insomnia: The Latvian Novel Unpublishable Under the Soviets
"The novel Insomnia ... possesses no artistic quality of any kind. In reality it is not a novel, but a pamphlet hostile towards Soviet rule."Continue Reading →
The Interwar Plan for a “Backup Lithuania”: An Interview with Karolis Kaupinis
"Searching for solutions on a large scale, he didn’t find any on the small scale. That’s pretty usual among people."Continue Reading →