| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with the diaries and memories of Southern Lithuania Partisan Region resistants as a traumatic memory. The research methodology is the “traumatic memory” conception by Nigel C. Hunt proposed in his book Memory, War and Trauma (2010). It is an interdisciplinary work because the boundary between memory, history and psychology is blurred. Hunt presents his own definitions of History, Collective Memory, Social Discourse, Narrative because they are different across disciplines. The Diary of Lithuanian Partisan Dzūkai Group Headquarters’ Actions written by Juozas Vitkus-Kazimieraitis reveals the historical situation of partisan establishment and demonstrates how trauma and history interrelate. The book of memories “Many Sons Fall” by Adolfas Ramanauskas (Vanagas) shows that memories are self-reflexive, determined by time interval; so many social discourses and traumatic experiences are recorded in them. The diary of the participant of the Resistance Movement, Dzūkas, is an authentic text. Baliukevičius-Dzūkas presents a personal view, together presenting a broader image of Lithuanian society and history. He creates both a personal narrative and contemplates the soviet ideology as well as traumas of partisans. The traumatic memory in Lithuanian partisans’ case was very lively, instantaneous; it had no possibilities to change. The basis of the traumatic memory is an individual memory (the Kazimieraitis’ case), social discourses (the Vanagas’ case), and personal narrative (the Dzūkas’ case). The authors of diaries and memories had a psychological relation with the matters described. Therefore, everything that was recorded still was not history. The diaries and memory books were a traumatic memory for the authors, but it is history for us. All these distinctions are relative, but we could argue that these non-fiction texts are responses to traumas. [...]. |
