Herlindo explains that his father died during the war and that, decades later, he returned from his life in Sweden to exhume his father’s remains.
- Chapter:
- Chapter 8: The Struggle for Justice
- Interviewee:
- Herlindo
Transcription
For example, my father died and I wasn’t able to see him.
[Did he die because of the war?]
Yes, he died in the war and that is one of the reasons I traveled here. I need to see, even if only the last signs of him, I don't know what that might be. I have had that desire, and a feeling of mourning. How can I say it? That thing I carry in my heart, I want to end it. I want to see the end, because I never saw him, I didn’t get to see him. I lived so many years without him, and now I’d like to have at least this .
[One of the reasons that brought you here is the exhumation process?]
Yes, that is practically what has brought me here. I don’t usually come at this time of year, but that's why I'm here. To meet, see, and find friends I used to have who I haven’t seen in maybe twenty or thirty years. Maybe they didn’t know if I was even alive or if I knew about the exhumations. It also fills me with emotion to be able to share these moments here with you all.