Memories of Buenos Aires: Signs of State Terrorism in Argentina

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228 170. Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UBA Rodolfo Walsh lecture hall In 1997 a plaque was dedicated to Rodolfo Walsh in lecture hall 250 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Buenos Aires. Walsh was a writer, journalist, translator, and collections consultant . As an activist in the Montonero* revolutionary movement, he founded the Clandestine News Agency (ANCLA, Agencia de Noticias Clandestina) in 1976. He worked in a variety of genres, including detective fiction, investigative journalism, and testimonial. His best-known works include Operación Masacre (Operation massacre) and Quién Mató a Rosendo (Who killed Rosendo?) (see p. 96). Perla Waserman lecture hall A plaque was dedicated on May 12, 2000, to Perla Waserman, a member of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo) who was completing her studies in history at the time of her death. She had a long history of antifascist political activism and joined the Madres after her daughter Susana was kidnapped. The sign bearing the name of the lecture hall was removed in 2007 , leading to an investigation. PatriciaTosi plaque Patricia Tosi was a history student and member of the Student Union of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters . She also worked at the National Grain Board (Junta Nacional de Granos). She was kidnapped on June 17 , 1975. A group of family members, fellow political activists, and work and study companions joined to pay tribute to her with a plaque that reads, “Our greatest tribute is to follow the example of her struggle. ” Mural for students and alumni In 1995 the Student Union led an initiative to dedicate a plaque bearing the names of ninety-nine former students who had been disappeared, though it was taken down shortly after the dedication. Students and family members of the victims joined together to repudiate this action by painting a mural in lecture room 108, which was completed on May 18, 2000. LOCATION: PUAN 480, CABALLITO. 229 174. Luis Carlos Arcuschin The Commission of Neighborhoods for Remembrance and Justice of Almagro and Balvanera paid tribute to Luis Carlos Arcuschin by laying a paving stone in front of the house where he lived. Participants in the event included his niece, friends, and fellow students from the Hipólito Vieytes school. LOCATION: NEUQUEN 1109, CABALLITO 173. María Claudia Falcone The Commission of Neighborhoods for Remembrance and Justice of Almagro-Balvanera and the educational community of School No. 7 laid a paving stone in tribute to María Claudia Falcone on September 20, 2007 . Students marched in Yatay Street and held a siluetazo (silhouette protest) in Malabia Street (see p. 81). Claudia and a group of fellow students petitioning for student bus fares were kidnapped on a night remembered in Argentina as La noche de los lápices (The night of the pencils). LOCATION: YERBAL 25, CABALLITO. 172. Magdalena “Malena” Gallardo A paving stone was laid on June 6, 2007 to pay tribute to Malena, who was kidnapped early on the morning of July 8, 1976. Her boyfriend, Alejandro Goldar Parodi , was last seen that same night after he dropped her off at home and headed to the cinema with Juan Marín, Hugo Tosso, and Pablo Dubcovsky. All five remain disappeared. LOCATION: AV. ACOYTE 512, CABALLITO 171. Estanislao Severo Zeballos Advanced Normal School No. 4 Paving stones were laid on September 26, 2008, to pay tribute to students Leticia Akselman, Cristina Arrillaga , Beatriz Carbonell, M. Irene Cortés, M. Cristina García, M. Gabriela Juárez, Hilda Leikis, Hebe Mascia Silvana Parirle, Mabel Pasut, Alicia Raboy, Irma Rago, Noemí Ramos, and Rosalba Vensentini and to the teachers Nélida Ardito and Blanca E. de Tarnopolsky. LOCATION: AV. RIVADAVIA 4950, CABALLITO 230 177 . Marianist School of Buenos Aires An event was held on June 15, 2007 , to remember eleven former students from the school who were disappeared. A ceramic mural was unveiled honoring Virginia Monzani, Teresita Scianca, Alejandro Almeida, Carlos Andisco, Eduardo “Lasty” Biancalana, Fernando Degregorio, Daniel Rodolfo Grieco, Germán “Chango ” Kuhn, Luis Fernando Kuhn, and Guillermo Adrián Kuhn. LOCATION: AV. RIVADAVIA 5625, CABALLITO 176. Primera Junta National School No. 17 On September 14, 2007 , a plaque was dedicated to disappeared graduates of National School No. 17: Diego Jacinto Fernando Beigbeder, Jorge Miguel Name, Ricardo Alfredo Nicotera, Sergio Tarnopolsky, Luis Tossi, and Ernesto Urfeig. Friends who had graduated with Luis Tossi had placed a bronze plaque...