This paper discusses how is the role of the survivor in preserving dark heritage post-tsunami in Banda Aceh. Little is known about the role of the survivor in preserving dark heritage and it is not clear what significance values owned by the survivor in looking at sites that are suspected of being dark heritage post tsunami. The research to date has tended to focus on roles and preservation decisions from government, experts and visitors rather than survivor in context post disaster heritage. Research the role of survivor dominated from the field of psychology and health and the lack of research in heritage studies. This paper promotes the role of survivor as a performance that transcends an emphasis on victimhood, toward framing a dark heritage construct that is productive and dynamic, a steward for post-tsunami disaster identities who have the significance values. The main question put in this research is: How “the role of survivor” in Banda Aceh together with its stigmatized image and identity can be interpreted in dark heritage post tsunami disaster? This research is done from an interdisciplinary interpretative approach, using a combination of methods such as narrative and discourse analyses. The research shows survivor have an important role in preserving dark heritage that productive and dynamic, together with culture and social practices where the mosque is considered as a component of heritage the most important to preserved. Although the current study is based on a small sample of 15 peoples as key informant carried out on the January and February 2019, the findings suggest components such as the mosque, Ship PLTD Apung, ship above houses, mass grave and social practices religious rituals be important heritage for the community survivor as remembering. Survivor also said that dark heritage have a role practical in the region related to the rebuilding of sustainable urban heritage planning.