Justas Paleckis Collection

Justas Paleckis (1899–1980) was a chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Council of Soviet Lithuania from 1940 to 1974. Paleckis’ collection holds his personal papers, various manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence with Lithuanian writers and scholars, and letters from victims of Stalinist repressions. The documents reflect the aspirations and the ambitions of the Lithuanian cultural elite to preserve and develop the Lithuanian cultural heritage.

Justas Paleckis（1899年至1980年），曾任苏联立陶宛最高委员会主席团主席，自1940年至1974年任职。Paleckis的藏品包括其个人文件、各类手稿、笔记、与立陶宛作家及学者的通信，以及来自斯大林主义镇压受害者的信件。这些文件映射了立陶宛文化精英阶层在保护和发扬立陶宛文化遗产方面的渴望与抱负。