Walls that Talk Loud and Clear: A new site of memory rises in Chile

 

An abandoned house and the story contained within its few standing walls are the driving force that propels a group of young people to create a new site of memory in north Santiago, in an era when negationism is on the rise in Chile.

The house always intrigued her. Every morning, walking at a fast clip to Recoleta Avenue on the way to school, and then with a more relaxed pace back home in the afternoons, she passed the place. Sometimes she would stop in front of the gate to peer through the wrought iron grid with the number 582A of that Pedro Donoso Street. Inside, she could see a house surrounded by a jungle of bushes, weeds and overgrown trees.

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