How is the past told to us? On conflicts of memory.
by Tomek Skonieczny
The controversies that currently arises in the US and some Western European countries around monuments depicting former political leaders is an extremely important issue to follow. It says a great deal not only about how much we really know about the past (and thus about the quality of historical education), but also about how we approach commemorating it in public space today.
Therefore, why not consider this situation as an impulse to ask ourselves not only what we are telling about the past - but above all: how we do it?
Must the past (or rather its description and assessment) become another area of conflict?