Memory’s Role in Chile’s Democratic Rebirth

Reminders of our collective past are always present. Europe is interspersed with statues, large stone monuments to the dead of the great wars that raged on the continent, stretching back to ancient times. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a ruined former exhibition hall where the atomic bomb exploded above, stands as a chilling testament to the devastation nuclear weapons bring. The site of the World Trade Center now houses two pools surrounded by bronze walls etched with the names of those killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.