Entre el Sena y el Rio de la Plata. Memoria e identidad de los chicos del exilio argentino en Europa (1976-1983)

The aim of this short article is to reflect upon different theoretical and methodological issues concerning a specific oral history investigation about the memory of children of Argentinean exiled in Paris, Madrid and Rome during the last military rule (1976-1983). It will be focused on the individual memories and life-stories of these young human rights activists, who set up the association H.I.J.O.S - Children for Identity and Justice, against Oblivion and Silence, during the nineties. Their narration will in fact constitute a good starting point in order to think about complex issues, such as the intergenerational transmission of post-traumatic memories, processes of fracture and reconstruction of personal and collective identity and the concept of exile as historiographical category in the current debate.