Nunca Mas is a collection of 50,000 pages of testimonies from the Dirty War from throughout the entire country. People (Madres and Abuelas) would come to Plaza de Mayo to parade around wearing white scarves to represent the white dove of peace. They went to the plaza to ask for the disappeared family members. They were mothers looking for their children. They would have birthday parties in cafes, where they would spread information about their missing children. The disappeared tended to be young men and women. The young women who disappeared tended to be pregnant or had young children. These babies would be taken by the military leaders, and would give them to people who were affiliated with the military. These people would not ask any questions, and the babies would not know that they were forcefully adopted.
There were around 500 stolen babies that were given away. As of today, 102 children were found. Now knowing that the children are older, they started the slogan “Do you know who you are?” to have them question who they are to find out if they were stolen as a baby. The question became, “How do we memorialize what happened?” Many monuments and memorials were created for the missing people. In 2005, the amnesty was ruled unconstitutional, so abusers could be convicted. One of the questions now is if the military is to be convicted, should the rebels be convicted as well?
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