Saunas and lice in Lithuania in 1941-1944

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Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Saunas and lice in Lithuania in 1941-1944
Authors:
Šikšnianas, Mantas
In the Journal:
Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung [Journal of East Central European Studies]. 2022, 71, 2, p. 261-279. New approaches to research on everyday life in Eastern Europe during World War II: the case studies of Poland and Lithuania
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20 amžius. 1940-1990; Prevencija / Prevention; Sveikata / Health.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Saunas; Sanitation; Delousing; Prevention; Everyday life; Lithuania. Keywords: Pirtys; Sanitarija; Dezinsekcija; Prevencija; Kasdienybė; Lietuva.

ENGerman officials viewed the prevention of typhus, both in Lithuania and in other occupied territories, as one of the key sanitary tasks in protecting the Wehrmacht. As a result, German officials and Lithuanian medics took various measures to prevent the disease’s spread, including the use of the saunas. The article reveals the efforts to expand the sauna network under German occupation. On the other hand, these attempts to change the population’s everyday habits by force in the interest of stopping the spread of epidemics apparently had no deeper effect on the culture of cleanliness in Lithuania. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.25627/202271211166
ISSN:
0948-8294
Subject:
Istorija / History
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2022-12-20 22:52:18
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