This edited, one-volume version presents the first ever English translation of the report of The Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), a truth commission that exposed the details of 'la violenca,' during which hundreds of massacres were committed in a scorched-earth campaign that displaced approximately one million people.

Memories of Silence is an edited English language version of the Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH)

Preface; C.TomuschatIntroduction: Facing La Violencia: The Importance of the Guatemalan Truth Commission; D.RothenbergProloguePART I: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ACTS OF VIOLENCEExtrajudicial Executions and Disappearances...Forced Disappearance of the Members of the National Labor Confederation (CNT) in Guatemala City and on the 'Emaus Medio Monte' RanchTorture...Torture in the Military Zone of Playa Grande, Ixcan, Department of QuicheForced Displacement...Death by Forced Displacement, Chiche, Quiche MunicipalityMassacres...Massacre at las Dos ErresRape and Sexual Violence...Maya K'iche Women Victims of Rape in the Department of QuicheGenocide...Massacre en la Finca San Francisco Nentón, HuehuetenangoActs of Violence...Kidnapping of Romeo Augusto de León, Baltasar Morales de la Cruz, and Héctor Menéndez de la Riva by the Rebel Armed Forces (FAR)PART II: KEY ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT AND THEIR STRATEGIESStrategies and Units of the Military and the State...PAC Members Forced to Kill Other PAC MembersStrategies of the Guerilla Organizations...Arbitrary Execution of Six Members of the Guerilla Army of the Poor by Their Own OrganizationPART III: CONSEQUENCES AND EFFECTS OF THE VIOLENCETerror, its Effects and the Institutional Weakening of the State...Forced Transfer of Children Who Survived the Massacre in Río Negro Municipality of Rabinal, Baja VerapazFacing the Violence...Arbitrary Execution of Myrna Elizabeth Mack ChangPART IV: CONCLUSIONS: TRAGEDY OF THE ARMED CONFRONTATIONPART V: RECOMMENDATIONSTablesAfterword 'No Room for Despair': The Impact of the CEH; D.RothenbergFurther Readings; M.BellinoNote on the TranslationAcknowledgmentsAppendices