It is a human desire, to remember those who are gone – whether a small memorial on a road for a person who died in a car crash, or a bigger memorial for large numbers of people who died in a conflict. 

It seems to me that war memorials have changed, as war has changed. They have become less elaborate, more personal places of pilgrimage. They’re on our level, not towering over us. That’s what I was thinking when I read Tanja Maier’s latest Weight of the World blog post.