Setting up memorials

The daily die tageszeitung ponders the options for addressing the past. "Even though many of those responsible have been dead for a long time, Garzón's investigation into these 'crimes against humanity' is nonetheless important. Those left behind have been waiting far too long for justice. But addressing the past is complex. While there are many who hope that the mass graves scattered across the country will at last be opened and the remains of those who were murdered transferred to a cemetery, others do not feel comfortable with this idea. ... There is another, far more symbolic solution to keeping the memory of the terrible years of the civil war and the dictatorship alive. Instead of transferring the remains of all the victims to family graves, the mass grave of [Federico] García Lorca could serve as an example. Why don't the authorities take the initiative and set up memorials and parks wherever there are graves? This would make the terrible past much more tangible."

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