disappeared persons

Looks at how the Argentinian dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 would force the adoptions of disappeared persons' babies into households more loyal to the government. Includes two plays.

Readers discover how police use math and science to solve the puzzle of missing persons cases.

"Volumes in the Genocide and Persecution series provide high school, early college level, and general interest readers with anthologies of previously published materials on acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other instances of extreme persecution primarily in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The series presents basic historical background on these significant events in modern world history, the issues and controversies surrounding the events, and first-person narratives from people whose lives were altered by the events. Articles are carefully edited and introduced to provide context for an audience that may not be familiar with the events. By providing primary sources from the time of the event, as well as analysis of the crucial issues surrounding the event, this series supports debate assignments, helps develop critical thinking skills, and supports the global connections and other aspects of the social studies curriculum. Sidebars, color photos, cartoons, charts, maps, graphs, and tables are included to illustrate key points and maximize appeal and accessibility. Pedagogical features--including analytical exercises, writing prompts, and group activities--introduce each chapter, helping teachers teach and students learn"--.

During the Argentine junta's war against subversives, a group of women forged the mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and transformed Argentine politics forever. The author traces the history of the association from an informal group of housewives searching for their children to an internationally known organization demanding civil rights.

Examines the experiences of women who took to the streets in Argentina to protest military rule and the disappearance of thousands of people who dared go against the government from 1976 to 1983.

Analyzes the political spectacles that comprised Argentina's armed forces' "Dirty War" against its people between 1976 and 1983, and examines the theatrical productions, demonstrations, and other performances that were undertaken to resist and subvert the military.

A collection of poems by Marjorie Agosin that give voice to the victims of the corrupt dictatorships that existed in Latin America during the late twentieth century.

Argentina in 1976 becomes a frightening homeland for fourteen-year-old Atre and his family when the government takeover by the military results in the disappearance of thousands of innocent people.

Teenaged Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured by the military government in 1970s Argentina.

In 1976 Argentina, in the midst of the dirty war, the lives of Kaddish Poznan, a Jewish man who makes his living erasing names from gravestones of Jewish prostitutes and pimps whose descendants wish to erase all connections, and his wife are turned upside down when their son, an idealistic college student, becomes one of "the disappeared, " secretly arrested by the military dictatorship.