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How to remember a massacre?

April 18, 2014

Some Norwegians object to a planned monument on Utoya island, the site of Breivik's shooting spree.

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How to remember a massacre?

Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks nearly three years ago caused both a very public, national trauma and untold stories of personal grief in Norway. Now plans for a national memorial for the 69 who died on the Utoya island are being met with protests from people who say they don’t want a daily reminder of what they witnessed on 22 July 2011. Lars Bevanger reports.