““History is complex, with levels of detail; it must be taught and may not be known by all members of the group. Collective memory, on the other hand, is known by definition, for it is an account of the past shared by a group. Often such memories are perpetuated orally, informally, and sometimes secretly if the memory goes against the history as promoted by the dominant group. HIstory and collective memory may or may not coincide.””
![“History and memory aren't the same thing[...] History doesn't abide acts of the imagination but memories depend on it. And memories are as much what we've forgotten as what we recall. History cannot be forgotten.” quote by Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/309/peter-geye-49521_forgetting_history-and-memory-aren-t-the-same-thing_1336324.jpg)
![“[Memory]... is a system of near-infinite complexity, a system that seems designed for revision as much as for replication, and revision unquestionably occurs. Details from separate experiences weave together, so that the rememberer thinks of them as having happened together. The actual year or…” quote by John Daniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/067/john-daniel-33836_dementia_memory-is-a-system-of-near-infinite-comp_2876187.jpg)
