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On November 4, 2022, a Finnish-Lithuanian history colloquium was organized, the theme of which was War and Society in the Baltic Region. The colloquium discussed the various effects of the war on society in the light of the history of Finland and Lithuania. The temporal focus was the first half of the 20th century, but several presentations also dealt with the post-war aftermath, especially traumas that still extend to the present day. Other central themes were the interweaving of war and diplomacy, preparation for crisis situations, reactions in society caused by the outbreak of war, and official and unofficial commemorations of wars. The scientific articles in this compilation are based on the presentations given at the colloquium.
Contents:
Kari Alenius & Saulius Kaubrys, Finland and Lithuania in the
World Wars: Similar in the War of Independence, but Diverged in
World War II
Teodoras Zukas, At the Front Line of the Approaching Battle:
Lithuanian Reaction to the Outbreak of the Great War
Vilma Bukaitė, Gaining French Recognition by Overcoming the
Stereotype of Communist and German Influence: The Challenges
of the Baltic States in Paris in 1918–1919
Kęstutis Kilinskas, Exchange of Information Between Political
Police of Lithuania and Finland in Assessing Communist Threat
in 1924–1925
Kari Alenius, “The Heroic Struggle of the United Lithuanian
People”: Commemoration of the Lithuanian War of Independence
in Finland During the Interwar Period
Saulius Kaubrys, Waiting for War? The Fears and Expectations of Lithuanian Society (August 1939)
Inga Zakšauskienė, U.S. Political Warfare Active Measures in
Soviet Lithuania in Early Cold War Years
Outi Kähäri, Gendered Family Memory of Experienced
Governmentality – Ingrian Women Under German (and Finnish)
Rule in World War II
Pekka Iivari, Trauma That Was Suppressed: The Soviet Partisan
Attacks in Finland in 1941–1944
