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How to understand someone who was both victim and perpetrator

My father was both a victim and a perpetrator during the conflict and I don't know which version of him to remember or how to make sense of who he really was.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The moral complexity of individuals who both suffered and caused harm challenges binary categories of innocence and guilt.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Truth and reconciliation commissions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.