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The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)

In June 1959, Elena Spirgevičienė from Kaunas (Lithuania) lodged a complaint with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, protesting against the posthumous award of Hero of the Soviet Union to the partisan Alfonsas Čeponis. In 1944, she wrote, this man was part of a gang th...

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Auteurs principaux:	Blum, Alain, Regamey, Amandine
פורמט:	Article ou chapitre numérique
שפה:	Anglais
יצא לאור:	Clio 2017
נושאים:	Union soviétique Seconde Guerre mondiale Lituanie viol mémoire Enquête Soviet Union World War Two Lithuania rape memory investigation
גישה מקוונת:	Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:cliowgh_492 https://doi.org/10.4000/cliowgh.492 urn:doi:10.4000/cliowgh.492 en https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh/492 2017-06-19T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e3s6 All rights reserved The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000) Clio Belin info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2554-3822 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh Blum, Alain Regamey, Amandine Union soviétique Seconde Guerre mondiale Lituanie viol mémoire Enquête Soviet Union World War Two Lithuania rape memory investigation In June 1959, Elena Spirgevičienė from Kaunas (Lithuania) lodged a complaint with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, protesting against the posthumous award of Hero of the Soviet Union to the partisan Alfonsas Čeponis. In 1944, she wrote, this man was part of a gang that raped her, murdered her sister, and tried to rape then killed her daughter. Drawing on original archival documents published in this issue of Clio, this paper traces the various stages of the case and the conflicting stories it generated. It confronts the figure of the Soviet hero Čeponis with its deconstruction by Elena Spirgevičienė, who portrays him as a bandit. It shows the reversal that took place during the investigation by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania: not only was the rape denied, but charges were brought against the plaintiff herself. Finally, the article outlines how the attempted rape and death of the daughter was used in the 1970s in a dissident Lithuanian discourse, which now prevails, to construct a new icon of martyrdom. En juin 1959, Elena Spirgevičienė, de Kaunas (Lituanie), saisit le comité central du parti communiste d’Union soviétique d’une plainte contre l’attribution à titre posthume du titre de Héros de l’URSS au partisan Alfonsas Čeponis. En 1944, affirme-t-elle, cet homme faisait partie d’une bande qui a assassiné sa sœur, l’a violée elle-même, et a tenté de violer puis a tué sa fille. Fondé en particulier sur des documents d’archives originaux publiés dans ce même numéro de Clio, cet article retrace les différentes étapes de l’affaire et les récits contradictoires qu’elle met en jeu. Il oppose la figure du héros soviétique Čeponis à sa déconstruction par la plaignante qui le dépeint comme un bandit. Il montre le retournement qui a lieu lors de l’examen de la plainte par le Comité central du parti communiste de Lituanie : non seulement le viol commis contre la plaignante est nié, mais c’est elle qui se retrouve en position d’accusée. Enfin, il retrace comment la tentative de viol de la fille, suivie de son assassinat, est utilisée par le discours lituanien dissident dans les années 1970, dominant aujourd’hui, pour construire une nouvelle figure de martyre
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topic	Union soviétique Seconde Guerre mondiale Lituanie viol mémoire Enquête Soviet Union World War Two Lithuania rape memory investigation
spellingShingle	Union soviétique Seconde Guerre mondiale Lituanie viol mémoire Enquête Soviet Union World War Two Lithuania rape memory investigation Blum, Alain Regamey, Amandine The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)
description	In June 1959, Elena Spirgevičienė from Kaunas (Lithuania) lodged a complaint with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, protesting against the posthumous award of Hero of the Soviet Union to the partisan Alfonsas Čeponis. In 1944, she wrote, this man was part of a gang that raped her, murdered her sister, and tried to rape then killed her daughter. Drawing on original archival documents published in this issue of Clio, this paper traces the various stages of the case and the conflicting stories it generated. It confronts the figure of the Soviet hero Čeponis with its deconstruction by Elena Spirgevičienė, who portrays him as a bandit. It shows the reversal that took place during the investigation by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania: not only was the rape denied, but charges were brought against the plaintiff herself. Finally, the article outlines how the attempted rape and death of the daughter was used in the 1970s in a dissident Lithuanian discourse, which now prevails, to construct a new icon of martyrdom.
author	Blum, Alain Regamey, Amandine
author_facet	Blum, Alain Regamey, Amandine
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title	The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)
title_short	The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)
title_full	The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)
title_fullStr	The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)
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The hero, the martyr, and the erased rape (Lithuania 1944-2000)

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