Transitional justice, memory and truth: communist activists’ life stories and the Municipal Truth Comission of João Pessoa

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https://doi.org/10.51880/ho.v24i1.1099

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Transitional Justice, Life History, Community Activists, Municipal Truth Commission of João Pessoa

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This paper intends to discuss, based on the experience of the Municipal Truth Commission of João Pessoa (CMV-JP) (2014-2018), the life stories of communist activists persecuted during the military dictatorship (1964-1984). Bearing in mind the concepts of transitional justice and right to memory and truth, the CMV-JP held interviews with victims of repression using the methodology of Life History, so that the testimonies granted were not limited to dealing specifically with the violations that occurred during the dictatorial period, but allowed to bring up older memories, family memories and communist militancy, to culminate in the reports of the persecutions suffered, contributing to the production of a forgotten Memory and to the enunciation of a Truth covered by official reports.

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Monique Cittadino, Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba

Professora Titular do Departamento de História (DH/CCHLA) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direitos Humanos, Cidadania e Polí­ticas Públicas da UFPB. Doutora em História Econômica pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

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2021-06-23

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Cittadino, M., & Freire de Carvalho e Silva, R. . (2021). Transitional justice, memory and truth: communist activists’ life stories and the Municipal Truth Comission of João Pessoa. História Oral, 24(1), 219–238. https://doi.org/10.51880/ho.v24i1.1099

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2021): História oral e envelhecimento

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