This video showcases the documentation files kept on every family in the city of Sweida in southern Syria. Each family has its own report and file maintained by the Political Security Branch in Sweida.
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Hopefully, it gets protected well. We Germans managed to save most of the DDR files and made them accessable for citizens. Until today, people are still able to find their files and find out which loved ones and neighbors spied on them for the regime.
This Syrian story reminded me immediately of the Stasi archives and how they were opened up to citizens to read. I haven’t been to the museum but I’ve heard it’s good.
Secure the documents as archive, and make sure they're preserved.
They may help the families find out what happened to still-missing loved ones, especiallythose that had to flee. They will also help tell the on-going true story of Syria.
That was my first reaction too... In defense of the people in the files. But, obviously, hopefully, the information in those files will lead to recompense in all forms.
At the end of WW II, one of the reasons that some archives were captured intact was because the responsible archivists flat-out refused to destroy them.
Mostly because it would be like wiping out not just one's life's work but the entire history of the institution they had worked to preserve.
similar situation to fall of East Germany and Stasi offices in Berlin. It was in interest of the outgoing regime to make the files go away but was useful for the ppl to know what was in the files in 1st place. Wild times.
This probably isn’t the right agency for foreign contacts, but it would be good if someone can find the Tulsi Gabbard file in the next couple of weeks, wherever it is.
Doesn't look all that well-kept. Looks like they ran out of proper storage space or something. Those dossiers don't work very well when placed on shelves.
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They may help the families find out what happened to still-missing loved ones, especiallythose that had to flee. They will also help tell the on-going true story of Syria.
The ideal solution would be to put these record under tight security for future investigations.
Not an easy task in this kind of situation, but it could help bring justice and clarity to those who have suffered.
Mostly because it would be like wiping out not just one's life's work but the entire history of the institution they had worked to preserve.
Doesn't look all that well-kept. Looks like they ran out of proper storage space or something. Those dossiers don't work very well when placed on shelves.
What's written on the filing cabinets?