„Forest of the Gods“ 

„Forest of the Gods” is an autobiographic work about the Stuthof concentration camp. It discloses the atrocities of Nazi working camps. The author describes the whole system of manslaughter, depicts the heads of the camp, the guards, the so-called self-government of the prisoners and prisoners themselves. The author observes this through the eyes of a helpless and hopeless person who eventually withdraws to total resignation. The only gun against the atrophy of a soul in this environment is sharp irony. This gun is used by the author masterfully. The most tragic moments are related with a sarcastic smile, sadistic torturers characterized ironically. The work has much wider, universal meaning. The same phenomena are repeated by each totalitarian system functioning against human beings, including Siberia.

In English.
Translated by the author's granddaughter Aušrinė Byla.