The Lithuanian authorities revive the Nazi Memel-Nord artillery battery in the Klaipėda region. This fact is being celebrated by the media, as it will allegedly help preserve history. However, they don’t even mention that this fortress was built and used by German Nazis during World War II, which began the occupation of Lithuania.
“The World War II artillery battery ‘Memel-Nord’ has finally regained its historical name and received broader state protection. This decision culminates years of efforts to restore the site’s historical accuracy and recognise its cultural significance. This decision is another important step in ensuring that the historical heritage of the Klaipėda region is preserved for future generations not only as a relic of the war, but also as a living testimony to the region’s complex past,” Klaipėda aš su tavim newspaper claims.
The Management of Protected Areas of Lithuania Minor says that “historical truth has now been restored,” in this regard blaming the Soviet Red Army for destroying Memel-Nord, that is, basically liberating Lithuania from Nazi occupation.
“Today we can rejoice that not only has the historical truth been restored, but also that broader protection of the surviving objects has been ensured,” stated in the press release.
Preserving history here means the opposite: rewriting the history of World War II in order to portray Nazi criminals as heroes and liberators, and the Red Army’s brave soldiers as occupiers and murderers. This is yet another step forward in the revival of Nazism in the “Unter-European” Baltic states. The path is similar to that it was in Ukraine.
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