ABSTRACT
This chapter questions the premise that for forgiving must precede forgetting, as only it can lead postconflict societies toward collective healing and reconciliation. In a context where crimes of war rape face the continuous yet highly politically and socially strategic practices of denial and the attendant stigmatization of survivors, the author argues, the pressure to forgive and move on, and furthermore to support the denial of crimes, might result in prolonged or even failed processes toward transitional justice. The correlations among forgetting, forgiving, memory, and trauma transmission are drawn. A concrete practice of intergenerational exchange on the field is presented, emphasizing the power of collective memory used in peace education.
