Exiles: integration during the Soviet era and political attitudes

This project examines the integration of former exiles and their children in Soviet Lithuania. Three in-depth interviews with respondents who experienced deportation as children allow to compare their personal statements with the widespread narrative regarding the unfavourable status of deportees. It is particularly interesting that the interviewees graduated from university and had successful careers. To what extent was the negative attitude towards this social group prevalent in Soviet Lithuania, both at institutional level and in personal relationships? How does the status of the deportees affect their political views on the Soviet era?

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