Zigmas Vitkus (Klaipėda Universitiy, Institute of Baltic Regions History and Archeology)
The author will explore the history of this exceptional memory institution that shaped the field of research of repression, terror and genocide of the Lithuanian population during the Nazi and Soviet occupations and public representation of this period. He will reveal the circumstances of the establishment of L The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, its development and profile, the most important turns and crisis, influence on the national culture of commemoration, will compare its activities with the activities of similar institutions in other countries.