Lithuanization of Jews in the Interwar Lithuania: Integration or Pragmatically Approach to the New National State

• In Event: New Approaches to Cultural Identity Research: Changing Self-Perception of Lithuanian Jewish and Karaite Communities in the Process of Emancipation

Abstract

16th February 1918 the establishment of a national state created a new political and cultural situation for Lithuanians. For at least some Jews, life in the new state meant a revision of identity and a new orientation towards Lithuanian culture. The report raises the question of how the process of the Lithuanization of Jews took place, how the Jews themselves became involved in it and how they perceived the changes taking place in their community.

Author

• Jurgita Verbickiene, Vilnius U (Lithuania)