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If you really are interested in this topic I'd recommend reading a few books on the war… Aside from the books mentioned by Jnalvrz, I think Las Mil y Una Historias de Radio Venceremos is an amazing book about the clandestine radio.

There is also La Terquedad del Izote which is a first hand account of the radio's years.

I know he mentioned La Masacre del Mozote and I can't stress enough how chilling this book is.

I have never read Las Carceles Clandestinas but know enough about the woman behind the book to know that she is a fighter.

I was too little at the time of the civil war to remember much, but I have such vivid memories of the Ofensiva del 89 (I was 5 at the time). My mom, sister and autistic uncle walked across Soyapango to get to my great-grandma's house. I remember walking in between a soldier and a guerrillero shooting at each other and stopping because we had our white flag (made from my little sister's school shirt). I remember my mom trying to cover our eyes and noses so we wouldn't see or smell the dead bodies. And even though she tried, I remember seeing a kid (he looked so young) picking up bodies and throwing them on a metal cart to take who knows where. I remember hearing the helicopters and not knowing what was gonna happen. I also remember both soldiers and guerrilleros knocking on our house and coming in, my mom offering them some cigarettes because we were running out of food and she didn't have much to give.

It was years before I could hear a helicopter and not be terrified. I can't even imagine what it would have been like if I was older, or a boy.


Ninja Edit: If you can, I recommend watching Voces Inocentes. It's the story of a boy who is about to turn 12, which is the age at which they were recruited for either the military or the guerrilla. It never fails to make me cry.