Damnatio memoriae is the Latin phrase which means "condemnation of memory" and refers essentially to the practise of erasing someone from history by insecure totalitarian states. Many contemporary novels and films mention a form of damnatio memoriae such as the "vapourization" of "unpersons" in George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Soviet dictator Stalin was well known for eliminating all traces of those who fell out of favour with his totalitarian control. Nikolai Yezhov was head of the secret police during Stalin's Great Purge, overseeing mass arrests and executions of those deemed disloyal to the Soviet regime before being arrested, tortured, tried, and executed himself for disloyalty:

Hitler also practiced erasue from history too, this example shows Joseph Goebbels having been erased from a photo:

So all, what are your thoughts on Damnatio memoriae?