Digital Memory Map

The 'Digital Memory Map' constitutes an approach to the material expression of the memory of the 1940s. Specifically, an indicative cataloging was undertaken of monuments dedicated to the National Resistance and the Civil War, which were erected throughout Greece between 1974 and 1989. Additionally, certain later monuments were included, either because the initiatives for their erection began during the aforementioned period, or because they present a particular interest (e.g., the Attica Tumulus). The text accompanying the entries provides information regarding the year of the monuments' erection, the artists who crafted them, as well as the mayoral terms during which they were raised. In contrast to the National Resistance monuments, for which there was a significant availability of information, searching for data on those pertaining to the Civil War proved to be a rather arduous task. Indicatively, in some instances, their official dating did not align with their actual chronology. A characteristic example is the War Museum of Athens, which, although inaugurated by the first post-dictatorship government, was essentially built by the dictatorship. Furthermore, the texts include information about potential mutations in the meaning attached to the monuments, as well as changes in their form. On the map, National Resistance monuments are marked in red, those concerning the Civil War in black, and those commemorating events of the national wartime past up to 1949 in light blue. The distinct case of the War Museum is marked in gray. Finally, the full citations of the bibliographic references can be found in the map's sources.