The archive · Context
The events recorded in this archive did not happen in a vacuum. These essays trace the wider history within which the massacres occurred, without excusing them.
Editorial · 14 min
The Lebanese civil war did not begin in April 1975. It began in the memory of communities who had already survived the massacres of 1860, in the demographic anxieties of the interwar period, and in the fragile compromise of the National Pact.
Editorial · 19 min
The opening phase of the Lebanese civil war produced the mass killings at Karantina, Damour, and dozens of smaller villages. This essay traces the sequence, the actors, and the historiographical difficulty of naming aggressor and victim within the same community across the same months.
Editorial · 16 min
The withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Chouf in 1983 was followed by the depopulation of dozens of Christian villages in Mount Lebanon. The exhibit archive treats this period with particular care, given the ongoing return efforts of displaced families.
Curatorial team · 8 min
How the archive selects events, cites sources, handles disputed figures, treats absent records, and accepts family corrections. Every entry in this museum is traceable to this document.