The theme of the accuracy of memory in the wake of traumatic events is one shared between virtually all of the articles in this packet of reading. It certainly was evinced within the reading for week 6-3, in which an author explores a dispute between survivors of a massacre within Palestine and the claims of Jewish soldiers present who stated that there was no such massacre. In this case -- which actually involved a legal trial -- memory was once again subjected to more pervasive aspects of history, possibly most prominently that of the Israeli law that dismissed the claims of the massacre.

The reading for week 6-2 demonstrates the amount of vibrancy and effervescence that historians have by being able to access archives. The author explores this potential of the historiographer by contrasting the relationship and reliability of memory and history, particularly as the latter is related to...

However, the propensity for researchers to resurrect the lives and events of the path through simply finding out and reading about them is a principle area of focus for this article.
Lastly, the reading for week6-4 explores once again the dynamic that exists between history and memory. This relationship is examined within the context of identity as well, as the author attempts to research what role identity plays in the formulation of a semblance of truth provided by history and memory.

All of these readings allude to the complexity between what has been recorded for posterity and what has actually taken place. The subjective nature of memory -- which may fall prey to what is known as experientialism -- is referred to in more than one of the articles. It is difficult to demonstrate which is more reliable, memory itself or the highly selective process of archiving material.