sz magazine
the photographer of the torture chamber
200830 years ago, the argentine military dictatorship tortured thousands of regime opponents -among them victor basterra.he managed to smuggle pictures of perpetrators & victims out of detention.some of them are the only evidence for the detention of certain prisoners by the military.© zintel / fuessenich
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victor basterra in the prison cell at ESMA
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where he had been detained for four years
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the ESAM is surrounded by a park
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fernado ruben brodsky disappeared on the 14th of august 1979 at the age of 22
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today, there is no indication of this once being the torture chamber
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victor basterra
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the detainees where brought into the ESMA through these stairs
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beto naya was one of the torturers
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the former officers' casino which was situated directly above the torture rooms
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main entrance to the ESMA