This article analyses and weighs some of the scope of one of the most complex political and social exercises in Colombia: rebuilding the remembrance of the armed conflict. In this regard, attention is drawn to the work currently being carried out by the Historical Memory Area (MH) of the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) as part of the current justice and peace process that has taken place in the country since 2005. The article argues that there are significant advances, challenges and questions in the work advanced by this group on the ways and senses involved in the recovery and understanding of our recent past.