This interdisciplinary research will be the first investigation of the collective memory of the Halabja chemical attack on March 16, 1988, which led to the deaths of 5,000 people and the displacement of thousands more. In the section of literature using the theory of Maurice Halbwachs's collective memory and using the grounded theory in the methodology section, we examined the dimensions of Halabja's chemical collective memory, memory transfer and its social frameworks. We will be looking at how collective memory is formed and then transmitted to future generations. We are asking what the victims and their descendants expect from policymakers in KRG and whether transformative justice mechanisms were put in place after the genocide. The merit of the article is that it brings together the victim's accounts and creates a bottom-up perspective that challenges the official accounts created by the makes.
The obtained results from performed interviews illustrate that people of Halabja consider the memory of Halabja chemical as a genocide. And collective memory of Halabja Chemical attack has been formed. On the one hand, the memory transfer has taken place through family and relative gatherings, schools, Anniversary and media. On the other hand, they look for justice in recalling the memories and their memory has become a memory scar which has not been healed even after 31 years. This is not just about the Saddams' regime, but also about the Kurdistan Regional government.
Keywords: Kurds, Halabja Collective Memory, Iraqi Regime, Maurice Halbwachs.
