Observing Memories Issue 6 - December 2022 | Page 89

1 . Etxauri Memory Park . Navarre Institute of Memory .
placed in their memory was one of the first public symbols of remembrance in the whole of Spain , if not the first . From 1977 onwards , and for at least three years , an intense social movement flourished in Navarre , driven by relatives , neighbours , some local politicians and a considerable number of priests , in favour of locating and opening the clandestine graves in which the victims of the repression were buried . Their remains were taken to their hometowns to be given a dignified burial in the pantheons that were built to commemorate all the victims of the repression unleashed by the rebel factions in each locality . These pantheons have since become true places of remembrance . In 1980 , furthermore , the sculpture of José Ramón Anda which commemorates the victims thrown into that pit cave in the Urbasa Mountain Range was installed , and tributes began to be paid in their memory . A resilient memory that took a vindicating step forward calling for public recognition through acts of homage and in the funeral space with the construction of pantheons and other memorial symbols . A collective memory interwoven by multiple memories and narratives , obstinate to policies aimed at annihilating all traces of those murdered , echoed in the numerous places of remembrance that were constructed and sustained by the results of new lines of historical research that questioned the fate of the vanquished .
The creation of the Sartaguda Memorial Park was undoubtedly a qualitative leap forward . As of May 2008 , Navarre finally had its own space of reference in terms of remembrance . The Park brought together the collective efforts in the fight against dismemory in Navarre and strengthened the memorialist work of the associations . In the
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