Kultur und Alltag im Ghetto von Wilna
Culture and Everyday Life in the Vilna Ghetto

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to describe and analyse the forms, character and functions of culture in everyday life of the Vilna ghetto under German rule. To discuss the diverse aspects of culture in the ghetto context, the following questions shall be answered: Under which particular conditions was culture in the Vilna ghetto constituted? Which sections or groups of ghetto society shaped cultural life and which participated in it? Which themes and content, which constructions of identity and Judaism were communicated through culture? And finally, what degree of mobilisation did culture hold for certain groups of ghetto society?

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