@conference {ref_9251, title = {Orwell in the Archives: Memory, Records, and Politics}, booktitle = { 2007 Annual Conference of the International Council on Archives / Section on University and Research Institution Archives}, year = {2007}, note = {

Government secrecy is the enemy of truth, and the beginning of amnesia.

}, month = {14/08/2007}, publisher = {Dundee University}, organization = {Dundee University}, address = {Dundee, Scotland}, abstract = {

In some societies people who commit history can be jailed, or even made to {\textquoteright}disappear.{\textquoteright} Remembering unpleasant truths is illegal. Thus, memory becomes a political act, charged with social meaning.

}, url = {http://www.dundee.ac.uk/media/dundeewebsite/archives/documents/icasuv2007papers/2007\%20Dundee\%20Randall\%20C.\%20Jimerson.pdf}, author = {Randall C. Jimerson} }