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50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’

JL;DR SUMMARY Fifty years after Argentina's Dirty War, attention is drawn to the disproportionately high number of Jews among the 30,000 disappeared, an issue being addressed by educational initiatives from Buenos Aires' AMIA Jewish community center. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Human RightsArgentinaJavier MileiMilitary DictatorshipDirty WarAmiaJewish DisappearedJacobo TimermanEduiot

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Buenos Aires, Argentina
"The experience of Jewish Argentines who were victims of state terrorism was marked by a strong antisemitic imprint among many members of the task forces."
Chubut, Argentina
"Timerman was accused of masterminding a plot to establish a Jewish homeland in the remote Patagonia region of southern Argentina."

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