Tragedijos Panevėžyje 1941-ųjų birželį liudininkas - fotografas Jonas Žitkus

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Lietuvių kalba / Lithuanian
Title:
Tragedijos Panevėžyje 1941-ųjų birželį liudininkas - fotografas Jonas Žitkus
Alternative Title:
Photographer Jonas Žitkus as the witness of the June 1941 tragedy in Panevėžys
Authors:
Pikelytė, Zita
In the Book:
Vilniaus fotografai: tarptautinė Lietuvos fotografijos istorijos konferencija. P. 221-228.. Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, 2005
Subject Category:
LT
Fotografija / Photography; 20 amžius; Lietuva (Lithuania); Panevėžys.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe photographs by Jonas Žitkus (Žitkevičius) (1889-1975) reflect the social and cultural life of the people of Panevėžys. While no panoramas or landscapes of the city have been found, a large number of photographs with individual buildings and other objects of historical significance have survived. From the historical perspective of special significance are the photographs showing the funeral of the victims brutally killed by the retreating Bolsheviks in the cellar of the Panevėžys NKVD (Soviet security) building made at the end of June 1941 that proved to be fatal to Žitkus himself. It was for these photographs that Žitkus was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by the Soviet authorities in 1945. His wife Bronislava Žitkienė was not sent to exile but she did not manage to preserve the photographic archive of her husband. Having returned from imprisonment Žitkus continued working in photography as much as his condition allowed.

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2019-11-19 06:19:45
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