FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 96 - ENGLISH

` At the centre of the photograph, Adolfo García Ortega, author of Una tumba en el aire ` Lohitzune Zuloaga (UPNA), Lourdes Auzmendi (Eduardo Moreno Bergaretxe’s girlfriend), Pilar Muro (Publio Cordón’s widow), Coral Rodríguez Fouz (Humberto Fouz Escobero’s niece) and Marta Rodríguez Fouz (UPNA) unsolved cases diminish. People who may know crucial facts die or disappear without giving testimony, while relatives grow older waiting for the truth. Hence the importance of continuing to investigate and maintai- ning opportunities for public reflection. THE USE OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE The course’s academic component exa- mined enforced disappearance as a practice historically used by different violent actors. Lectures explored it as an instrument of control and power, and considered its consequences for human rights and collective memory. Attention was also given to cases still open in Spain and the difficulties they present both judicially and from victims’ perspectives. The international dimension emerged through a discussion of Northern Ireland and the search for people disappeared by the IRA during the peace process. It allowed experiences to be compared and explored the challenges societies face when seeking to establish the truth about events in contexts of political violence. It also examined journalists’ difficulties in reporting on issues shaped by pain, silen- ce and political tensions. Another session considered literature and culture’s role in transmitting remem- brance. Several authors shared their ex- periences of writing about disappearan- ces linked to terrorism. Literature, they noted, can bring these stories to new generations and help them understand the human dimension of tragedies too often at risk of becoming mere figures or historical references. THE VOICES OF VICTIMS One of the day’s most moving moments came during the round table featuring relatives of disappeared people. Their testimonies took the debate from acade- mia into lived experience, recalling that behind every case file are faces, names and decades of suffering. Coral Rodríguez Fouz, niece of Humberto Fouz Escobero, shared her family’s story. Humberto disappeared in March 1973 alongside Fernando Quiroga Veiga and Jorge García Carneiro after travelling to southern France. More than fifty years la- ter, the fate of the three youngmen remains unknown. Rodríguez recalled the profound pain caused by their absence and how re- latives also had to live with rumours and insinuations casting doubt on the events. For those awaiting answers, disappearance became an openwound that could not heal. Lourdes Auzmendi, the partner of Eduar- do Moreno Bergaretxe, known as Pertur, who disappeared in July 1976, also spoke. Her testimony revealed the impact of a EDUCATION AND COEXISTENCE 37