{"id":2535,"date":"2018-07-06T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2018-07-07T07:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T04:24:45","slug":"lonsky-prison-national-memorial-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"Lonsky Prison National Memorial Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2536\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2829\" height=\"1644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132341.jpg 2829w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132341-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132341-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132341-1920x1116.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2829px) 100vw, 2829px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2547\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_182328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1367\" height=\"2811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_182328.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_182328-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_182328-768x1579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_182328-934x1920.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1367px) 100vw, 1367px\" \/>The oral histories excerpted on the prison museum walls reminded me of those in the KGB prison in Vilnius. For these people the Nazi time was just one phase in decades of Soviet terror.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2545\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2697\" height=\"1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132030.jpg 2697w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132030-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132030-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_132030-1920x1399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2697px) 100vw, 2697px\" \/>I wrote in the visitors&#8216; book that I thought &#8222;three occupational regimes: Polish, Nazi and Soviet&#8220; was phrasing that Poles may have an alternate view of.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2537\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140942.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3462\" height=\"1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140942.jpg 3462w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140942-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140942-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140942-1920x1087.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3462px) 100vw, 3462px\" \/> Political prisons I&#8217;ve visited in Germany, Austria, and Lithuania have all appeared carefully curated. Here the halls and cells looked like they&#8217;d just been vacated recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2538\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140915.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140915.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140915-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140915-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_140915-1920x933.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1231\" height=\"1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141517.jpg 1231w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141517-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141517-768x838.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1231px) 100vw, 1231px\" \/>There was a student with a #FreeSentsov banner outside the Polytechnic National University. I didn&#8217;t take his photo at the time because I didn&#8217;t want to look like the gawking tourist I was.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2550\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1750\" height=\"2868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141759.jpg 1750w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141759-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141759-768x1259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_141759-1172x1920.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1750px) 100vw, 1750px\" \/>I&#8217;ve only included a few of the dozens of testaments on the museum walls. There&#8217;s a great breadth of experience documented. The thought and work evident in some museum exhibits contrasts sharply for me with the inanity of the news media I read and popular culture. I&#8217;m always taken with the range of ways it&#8217;s possible to react to mention of organizations like the OUN.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1701\" height=\"2835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142052.jpg 1701w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142052-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142052-768x1280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142052-1152x1920.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2552\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1717\" height=\"2834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142238.jpg 1717w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142238-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142238-768x1268.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180706_142238-1163x1920.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1717px) 100vw, 1717px\" \/>A Ukrainian leaflet-writing History student imprisoned and sentenced to death. &#8222;It&#8217;s difficult to look back, but I have to.&#8220; Look at the strength on this man&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oral histories excerpted on the prison museum walls reminded me of those in the KGB prison in Vilnius. For these people the Nazi time was just one phase in decades of Soviet terror. I wrote in the visitors&#8216; book &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/?p=2535\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}