Conclusion and Memories Today

Abstract

Written about 50 years ago, the quotation opposite is still highly relevant today, and in more recent years the might of official remembrance within the Islands and the quiet, personal remembrance of individual survivors seem to have become more aligned; although whilst survivors live, it will always be true that any number of memorials will not necessarily solve problems or heal wounds. But at the same time there has been considerable interest in official commemorative projects, and many discussions have taken place about which names should be added to particular memorials, and about the finer details of memorial services. However, such discussions seem almost insignificant in comparison with the harshly critical positions adopted by various writers on the Mainland who seem to remain oblivious to, or even contemptuous of, the Islanders’ voices of protest which have been, and still are, strenuously raised within the Island Press against damaging allegations of mass collaboration and anti-Semitism, which regularly appear within the British media.