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Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of a labour camp re‐enactment in Lithuania explicitly created in order to teach young European citizens a lesson of democracy by inviting them into a non‐democratic historical period momentarily re‐created by the help of actors, props, historical sites, a narrative, a scenario etc. The paper investigates the interactive elements, the hybrid staged‐real character and aesthetic experiences that the re‐enactment make us of and evoke. The paper presents a discussion of whether Deportation Day challenges dominant narratives in Europe today and what role memory plays here in order to seek out the possible future of the strategic use of the past.