But Mr. Bernstein was not a member of that wing, and in his 1999 autobiography, "Memory Against Forgetting," he contended that he had opposed the decision to resort to violence.
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting, Milan Kundera wrote.
Lifted the spirits against Spain and Brazil, left an unforgettable memory against Italy.
As Kundera says: "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting".
"One must not forget, but not use memory against other innocent people," Mr. Wiesel said.
It emphasises the power of the past and the power of memory against the thinness of the present moment.
And, just as we check music writing back against its original source, we can check memory against it as well.
When it comes to analysing this business, Kundera's great phrase - "the struggle of memory against forgetting" - is crucial.
I visited both again last week to check memory against reality and got a surprise: sometimes they match up.
I will hold that memory against you forever and use it to make mutual friends take my side in the breakup.
As Kundera wrote in perhaps his most frequently quoted statement, "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting".
