Vergangenheitsbewältigung

“History doesn’t repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes” M.Twain
Through the means of mass communication, every society shall transmits information about itself. As a result
of military defeats, major political scandals or radical social changes, there are new expectations on national
and international levels and all the governing groups need to compare with the recent past: freedom does not
consist in removal, but in the constant individual and collective (in particular, national) consciousness raising
about the moral and historical bases of our existence.
The past history never runs out, but remains current for the societies and for individuals. History is one of the
most important reference for shaping the future. The “Vergangenheitsbewältigung” (the reckoning with
history) is a ubiquitous phenomenon, as evidenced by the many efforts being carried out in the societies of
Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Africa and South America. Every state, every society and apparently
every culture develops forms, methods and specific questions to begin the public debate on history.