This issue is the 8th one for 2024 and the 29th since the beginning of the war in Ukraine....Memories are not engraved in marble. Memory evolves, in the light of new elements that illuminate facts left in the shadows. Why do some external events receive a special echo? Sometimes we have deliberately or unconsciously repressed memories (for instance after an emotional shock), other times we simply forgot them. In a first point we will mention the work of memory that must be constantly updated in the light of new tragic events; the testimonies of the protagonists are essential. In a second point we will see that memory and history do not go well together in Russia, where the official and idyllic history of the USSR deserves to be reviewed and corrected, this time in a fair way. In a third point, we will see that Ukraine, like many of the USSR’s satellite countries, has been the victim of a brutal and violent history. A gap has widened between West and East; memories are wounded. In a final point we will see that western democracies, especially in Western Europe, must remember that they were lucky and that democracies are fragile. If they can be reborn, they can also disappear - Memento mori.
1-Je me souviens
2-Fake memory in Russia
3-Broken memory in Ukraine
4-Memento mori