In the following text there is an analysis of two fundamental works of Walter Benjamin: El libro de los pasajes and Tesis sobre la historia in the light of the perspective of memory. Through the relationship between both works, I evidence the way in which the focus used to read the work of this Jewish-German thinker has changed in the last ten years, the transition from an esthetic reading to a more political reading of the victims, and I likewise relate that change with the way the author of this work has participated and enjoyed the reading experience of the texts of the Jewish-German author.