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This book of thirteen conversations introduces us to the life of an
exceptional person--theatre critic, Germanist, and long-time chair
of the Open Lithuania Fund board Irena Veisaite. The dialogue
between Lithuanian historian Aurimas Svedas and a woman who
reflects deeply on her experiences reveals both one individual's
historically dramatic life and the fate of Europe and Lithuania in
the twentieth century. Through the complementary lenses of history
and memory we confront, with Veisaite, the horrific events of the
Holocaust, which brought about the end of the world of Lithuania's
Jews. We also meet an array of world-class cultural figures; see
fragments of legendary theatre performances; and hear meaningful
words that were spoken or heard decades ago. This book's
interlocutors do not so much seek to answer the question "What was
it like?" but instead repeatedly ask each other: "What, how, and
why do we remember? What is the meaning of our experiences? How can
history help us to live in the present and create the future? How
do we learn to understand and forgive?" A series of Veisaite's
texts, statements, and letters, presented at the end of the book
suggest further ways of answering these questions.
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