Memories of Buenos Aires: Signs of State Terrorism in Argentina

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193 150. La Muralla Cultural Center On February 17 , 2006, a mural about the military dictatorship was painted in the La Muralla Cultural Center, the first in a series of neighborhood murals painted around the city. This project was undertaken by members of the Communist Party, the Youth Federation of the neighborhood of La Paternal, the group Culture in Movement (Cultura en Movimiento, from Chile and Argentina), and the Jorge Calvo Mural School Brigade. LOCATION: ADOLFO DICKMAN 1361, PATERNAL 149. Esther Ballestrino de Careaga Esther Ballestrino de Careaga had sought exile in Argentina as an opponent of the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay. She married Paraguayan exile Raymundo Careaga, and they had three daughters. She began working with families of the disappeared when security forces kidnapped her son-in-law and her youngest daughter, Ana María, who was three months pregnant. Esther did not stop searching for the others even after her daughter was released. She was kidnapped on December 8, 1977 (see p. 99). LOCATION: CORNER OF GANDARA AND BAUNESS, PARQUE CHAS 148. Roberto Santoro Square In 1996 a small square (plazoleta) in the neighborhood of Chacarita was named after the poet Roberto Santoro , and two commemorative plaques were dedicated containing biographical information. Roberto had written, “If this fury called hope should escape, if it should one day leave us, I will crucify love and, after burying my brothers, I will take the tramway of death and lock my heart away in a square” (see p. 193). LOCATION: AV. FOREST AND TEODORO GARCIA, CHACARITA 147 . José LuisTagliaferro – Cristina Galzerano On October 27 , 2007 , residents of the neighborhoods of Chacarita and Colegiales joined with this couple’s family members to dedicate a paving stone in their memory. Cristina was murdered at the entrance to her home, while José Luis was kidnapped and taken away alive. At that time they lived with Cristina’s sixyear -old son Esteban. LOCATION: LEIVA 3972, CHACARITA 194 154. Tribute in the Neighborhood of Villa Crespo A plaque was dedicated on March 29, 2006, to honor neighborhood residents who had been detained and disappeared. Family members, neighbors, friends, and fellow activists took part in the event. Local residents were invited to join a committee formed that day to investigate, defend, and pay tribute to the ideals and political struggles of those who had been disappeared . LOCATION: CORNER OF AV. SCALABRINI ORTIZ AND DRAGO, VILLA CRESPO 153. Gregorio Nachman Theater actor and director Gregorio Nachman was kidnapped on June 19, 1976. Along with the paving stone placed in his memory, a hall in the Auditorium Theater in Mar del Plata bears his name. June 19 was established as the Day of Mar Del Plata Theater to remember him and Luis Conti, an actor who disappeared along with him (see p. 69). LOCATION: CORNER OF AV. SAN MARTIN AND PAYSANDU, PATERNAL 152. José Eduardo Feldman “Here studied José Feldman, a grassroots activist disappeared by the forces of state terrorism on August 6, 1977 . ” The paving stone honoring Feldman is located in front of Commercial School No. 20. José studied law and played minor league soccer for the Argentinos Juniors Club. A paving stone was dedicated to Gregorio Nachman the same day, during celebrations marking the neighborhood’s 102nd anniversary. LOCATION: NICASIO OROÑO 2131, PATERNAL 151.Tributes in the Avenida San Martín On June 3, 2006, the Commission of Neighborhoods for Remembrance and Justice of the neighborhoods of La Paternal and Villa Mitre, along with the Association of Fans of Argentinos Juniors for Remembrance (Hinchas de Argentinos Juniors x la Memoria) placed paving stones in memory of Guillermo Moralli, Ernesto Szerszewicz, Néstor Sanmartino, Héctor Moreira, and Américo Marchetti (see p. 209). LOCATION: AT THE INTERSECTION OF AV. SAN MARTIN WITH DONATO ALVAREZ, NICASIO OROÑO, AND J. B. JUSTO, PATERNAL 195 158. Mónica Goldstein Sociologist and sculptor Mónica Goldstein was kidnapped on October 6, 1976, by a group of men who injured her and took her away in a car. Her husband and son later discovered that their apartment had been ransacked. A paving stone was dedicated in her memory on April 5, 2008; in attendance were Mónica ’s friends, her brother, her husband, and her son (who had traveled from Mexico especially for the occasion). LOCATION: AV. CORRIENTES 4779, VILLA CRESPO. 157 . Horacio Elbert A paving stone honoring Horacio Elbert was dedicated at the corner of his...