CAMERA OBSCURA
A Pictorial History Exposed
A Pictorial History Exposed
THE ELEPHANT IN THE DARKROOM
GLOSSARY
A
ACQUISITION RECORD BOOK
Coming soon.
ALKA MUSEUM OF SAMOGITIAN HISTORY
Coming soon.
AUŠROS MUSEUM
Coming soon.
B
BALTIC PROPAGANDA SQUADRON NO. 3
Coming soon.
ALEKSAS BRUNAS
Coming soon.
C
COMMISSION FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF JEWISH PROPERTY
Coming soon.
F
FIRST SOVIET OCCUPATION
Coming soon.
G
PRANAS GENYS
Coming soon.
H
HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
An impressionistic breakdown of the six distinctly different provenance research-specific periods of Nazi and Soviet occupation covered by the project.
KLAIPĖDA/MEMEL
March 23, 1939-January 28, 1945
According to most historians, Nazi Germany invaded Lithuania on June 22, 1941. The Elephant in the Darkroom considers the date to be much earlier, i.e. March 22, 1939, when the Klaipėda Region/Memel Territory became the last uncontested area of land to be occupied by the Nazis before the outbreak of the Second World War.
WILNO/VILNIUS
September 18, 1939-June 15, 1940
One of the more bizarre periods in the history of Lithuania began when the Red Army occupied Wilno/Vilnius on September 18, 1939. See Osvaldas Daugelis and GiedrėJankevičiūtė's Collecting Art in the Turmoil of War for some particularly interesting information on the subject of looting Jewish art and cultural objects in general that took place during the chaotic nine months that followed.
FIRST SOVIET OCCUPATION
June 15, 1940-June 22, 1941
The huge nationalisation programme that accompanied the first Soviet occupation of Lithuania saw the mass closure and/or restructuring of both secular and religious Jewish institutions all over Lithuania.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
June 22, 1941-August 5, 1941
A relatively short period during which Lithuanian institutions participated unilaterally in the expropriation of Lithuanian Jewish cultural objects. See Heart of Glass and The Curious Case of Mauša Fligelis in Cases for more.
GERMAN CIVIL ADMINISTRATION
End of July 1941-January 28, 1945
During which various Nazi organisations carried out the majority of their looting operations in Lithuania.
SECOND SOVIET OCCUPATION
July 1944/January 28, 1945-March 11, 1990
See The Impossible Museum in Cases for more.
I
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON THE JEWISH QUESTION
Coming soon.
L
LITHUANIAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Coming soon.
M
M. K. ČIURLIONIS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART
Coming soon.
O
ORPHANED IMAGES
An informal term used to describe surviving photographs whose Lithuanian Jewish owner or owners perished during the Holocaust and that today have no obvious and/or immediate heir or heirs. Examples include the photographs mentioned in Heart of Glass, A Memento for Henke, and The Picture of Selma Vogel (see Cases).
P
JOHANNES POHL
Coming soon.
R
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON MUSEUMS
Coming soon.
RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS
Coming soon.
V
VILNA GAON STATE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HISTORY
Coming soon.
W
WASHINGTON PRINCIPLES
Coming soon.
Y
YIVO
Coming soon.