CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Archivo Nacional de la Memoria (ANM) Archivo Nacional de la Memoria (ANM) "ESMA, a machine that runs with the dead..." 2 (National Memory Archives) (National Memory Archives) www.derhuman.jus.gov.ar/anm | (+5411) 4702-1211 / 4701-8937/8532 | Hours: Monday to Friday - www.derhuman.jus.gov.ar/anm | (+5411) 4702-1211 / 4701-8937/8532 | Hours: Monday to Friday - 8am. to 8pm. For questions or interviews, please call from 9am. to 6pm. 8am. to 8pm. For questions or interviews, please call from 9am. to 6pm. Casa de la Militancia. Hijos e Hijas por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio Casa de la Militancia. Hijos e Hijas por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (H.I.J.O.S.) (H.I.J.O.S.) of the Navy - located at Del Libertador Ave., main city access at the north of (Centre for Activism - Sons and Daughters for Identity and Justice against Oblivion and Silence) (Centre for Activism - Sons and Daughters for Identity and Justice against Oblivion and Silence) Buenos Aires - was one of the largest Clandestine Centres of Detention, www.hijos-capital.org.ar | (+5411) 4953-5646 / 4702-9920 ext. 58 www.hijos-capital.org.ar | (+5411) 4953-5646 / 4702-9920 ext. 58 Torture and Extermination in the country. Its facilities included clandestine Casa de Nuestros Hijos. La Vida y la Esperanza. Madres de Plaza de Mayo -Línea Fundadora Casa de Nuestros Hijos. La Vida y la Esperanza. Madres de Plaza de Mayo -Línea Fundadora maternity units and a warehouse to keep the goods stolen from the hostages. (Home of Our Children, Life and Hope - Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Founding Line) (Home of Our Children, Life and Hope - Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Founding Line) REMEMBRANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRREEMEMwww.madresfundadoras.org.ar | (+5411)B 4343-192R6/1282 / 4702-ANC9920 ext. 59 E AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE www.madresfundadoras.org.ar | (+5411) 4343-1926/1282 / 4702-9920 ext. 59 Casa por la Identidad. Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Casa por la Identidad. Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and coverage of the other campus facilities, the Task Force GT3.3.2 (as abbre- (Centre for Identity. Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) (Centre for Identity. Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) viated in Spanish), established in 1976 by former Admiral Emilio Massera, ran www.abuelas.org.ar | (+5411) 4384-0983 / 4702-9920 ext. 60 www.abuelas.org.ar | (+5411) 4384-0983 / 4702-9920 ext. 60 sustained and relentless terrorist actions which played a decisive role in the FROM CLANDESTINEC entroDETENT Cultural deIO la MNemoria Haroldo Conti Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti devastation and disruption of grassroots organizations and the abduction and (Haroldo Conti Cultural Centre for Remembrance) (Haroldo Conti Cultural Centre for Remembrance) disappearance of about five thousand people. CENTRE TO REMEMBwRww.AdNerhuCEman. jus.gov.ar/conti | (+5411) 4702-7777 | Hours: Tuesday to Friday - 12pm. to 9pm. www.derhuman.jus.gov.ar/conti | (+5411) 4702-7777 | Hours: Tuesday to Friday - 12pm. to 9pm. AND HUMAN RIGHTSSa CEturdaNTy andR SEunday - 11am. to 9pm. Saturday and Sunday - 11am. to 9pm. The Navy's political power within the armed forces had declined since the Centro Internacional para la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos Centro Internacional para la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos 1960s, so the leading role played by the GT3.3.2 on the illegal repressive (International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights, sponsored by UNESCO) (International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights, sponsored by UNESCO) C actions was closely linked to its aspiration to gain this power back. www.cipdh.gov.ar | (+5411) 4702-1211 / 4701-8937/8532 ext. 133 www.cipdh.gov.ar | (+5411) 4702-1211 / 4701-8937/8532 ext. 133 M Educ.ar SE Educ.ar SE Y This ambition boosted multiple strategies to spread terror, used by the (Educ.ar State Society) (Educ.ar State Society) CM GT3.3.2 to “discipline” society: The visibility of the ESMA at the urban core, the Educational Website: www.educ.ar | (+5411) 4704-4000 | Encuentro TV Channel: Educational Website: www.educ.ar | (+5411) 4704-4000 | Encuentro TV Channel: www.encuentro.gov.ar | PakaPaka TV Channel: www.pakapaka.gov.ar | DeporTv: www.deportv.gob.ar www.encuentro.gov.ar | PakaPaka TV Channel: www.pakapaka.gov.ar | DeporTv: www.deportv.gob.ar MY illegal operations in plain sight and the display of hooded prisoners to special The Centre is a public site that works to promote remembrance about the tragedy this The Centre is a public site that works to promote remembrance about the tragedy this THE PUBLIC CONSOCY RTIUM guests. The idea was to useIT thisS macabreMEMBERS power to win internal disputes REMEMBRANCEEspacio AND Cultural Nuestros HU HijosM AN(ECuNHi). RIGH Asociación MTadresS de Plaza de Mayo THE PUBLIC CONSORTIUM ITS MEMBERS Espacio Cultural Nuestros Hijos (ECuNHi). Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo to our society's present problems and needs. It was also conceived as a place to pay tribute CMY against the other forces. (Our Children Cultural Centre - Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association) to our society's present problems and needs. It was also conceived as a place to pay tribute (Our Children Cultural Centre - Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association) www.nuestroshijos.org.ar | (+5411) 4703-5089 | Hours: Monday to Friday - 2pm. to 9pm. Saturday - www.nuestroshijos.org.ar | (+5411) 4703-5089 | Hours: Monday to Friday - 2pm. to 9pm. Saturday - K The Public Consortium for the Remembrance and Human Rights Centre was created to Executive Body CENTRE 10am. to 2pm. to the victims of the civic-military dictatorship. The Public Consortium for the Remembrance and Human Rights Centre was created to Executive Body 10am. to 2pm. Although the ESMA facilities were primarily used by the GT3.3.2, this task preserve the collective memory about State terrorism, to serve as symbolic reparation to the -Paula Maroni by the National Memory Archives, representing the Federal Government. preserve the collective memory about State terrorism, to serve as symbolic reparation to the -Paula Maroni by the National Memory Archives, representing the Federal Government. Multiple political and social institutions and organizations coexist here, working to The recovery of the property formerly occupied by the Naval School of Mechanics (ESMA, Multiple political and social institutions and organizations coexist here, working to victims, their families and the society as a whole and to contribute to theforce prom madeotion themand available to various related repressive forces: the Aeronautic 30.000 Compañeros Presentes / Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas victims, their families and the society as a whole and to contribute to the promotion and 30.000 Compañeros Presentes / Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas -Gustavo Peters Castro by Department of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism, representingas abbreviated the Ci inty ofSpanish) is par(t30.000 of the C omradeshistorical ar ebattle Present carried / Relatives out of by the human Disappea rightsred and Detained for Political Reasons) -Gustavo Peters Castro by Department of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism, representing the City of (30.000 Comrades are Present / Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained for Political Reasons) defense of human rights. commandos, the Argentine BuenosCoast Aires.Guard, the Naval Intelligence Service and defense of human rights. Buenos Aires. other groups used it as a site for torture and disappearance of prisoners and as organizations in Argentina, startingwww.fam with theiliar reesistans.org.ar c| e(+5 against411) 495 dicta3-564t6orship and remain- perspectives, strategies and methods. www.familiares.org.ar | (+5411) 4953-5646 -Valeria Barbuto by the Human Rights Organizations Board. ing strong until today. These tenacious actions in pursuit of Remembrance, Truth and -Valeria Barbuto by the Human Rights Organizations Board. maternity units for some female detainees as well. Various activities, such as promoting public policies on human rights, researching and As governing body, its fundamental goal is to refunctionalize the premises formerly Justice were assumed by our countInryic asiat iSvtatea Lat ipoliciesnoameri csinanac ep a2003.ra la identificación de Personas Desaparecidas (ILIVD)arious activities, such as promoting public policies on human rights, researching and As governing body, its fundamental goal is to refunctionalize the premises formerly Iniciativa Latinoamericana para la identificación de Personas Desaparecidas (ILID) (Latin American Initiative for the Identification of the Disappeared) (Latin American Initiative for the Identification of the Disappeared) publishing, safeguarding of buildings and documents of symbolic value, empowering occupied by the ESMA and to define and implement remembrance poli cies within the publishing, safeguarding of buildings and documents of symbolic value, empowering occupied by the ESMA and to define and implement remembrance policies within the Human Rights Organizations Board www.eaaf.org/iniciativa | 0800-333-2334 Human Rights Organizations Board www.eaaf.org/iniciativa | 0800-333-2334 Centre. Complying with this goal, the Public Consortium must safeguard those buildings, The longing of human rights organizations and survivors to recuperate the ESMA property Centre. Complying with this goal, the Public Consortium must safeguard those buildings, 2 -Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) -Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) which were the axis of operations for the clandestine detention centre, as wellMartín as Gras,facilita Thete ESMA System (unpublished) (symbolic extermination centre Institutoduring the de Políticasdictatorship Públicas ye enars Derechos and pla Humanosce of milita del MEryR COSUR (IPPDH) which were the axis of operations for the clandestine detention centre, as well as facilitate Instituto de Políticas Públicas en Derechos Humanos del MERCOSUR (IPPDH) -Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (Permanent Assembly for Humanresistan Rights)ce and public controversies surrounding the collective memory since the generations.