Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit
Formed almost 5,000 years ago by sand deposits and barely a mile across, the Curonian Spit extends from the coast of Lithuania into RussiaContinue Reading →
An Eccentric Cold War Education: Revisiting the Lithuanian Gymnasium in Germany
"Perhaps we did not have science labs then, or a proper gym, or even art classes, or music — other than someone cranking out polkas on an accordion... Yet I…Continue Reading →
Fiction: Saulius Šaltenis – Diary of a Jewish Girl
Esther Levinson is being sheltered by a Lithuanian couple, Vladas and Milda, who have renamed her Eliza and are passing her off as their nieceContinue Reading →
The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain
“This festival,” wrote my mother, “is a means of promoting understanding and reconciliation amongst all the European countries who suffered so much during the War years.”Continue Reading →
Absences and Reminders: Searching for Soviet Statues in the Baltics
"While some cultures go to great lengths to eradicate reminders of their unwanted past, others are willing to let them slowly disintegrate"Continue Reading →