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ESMA (Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada): ESMA, centro clandestino de detención (1976–1983): the Navy school's Casino de Oficiales was the core of the largest clandestine detention, torture and extermination centre of the last dictatorship; more than 5,000 people passed through as disappeared detainees. and ESMA, hoy Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos: the grounds became a memory and human-rights site in 2004 (museum, national archive, cultural centres) and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 19 September 2023.† 1976: ESMA, centro clandestino de detención (1976–1983): the Navy school's Casino de Oficiales was the core of the largest clandestine detention, torture and extermination centre of the last dictatorship; more than 5,000 people passed through as disappeared detainees.† 2004: ESMA, hoy Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos: the grounds became a memory and human-rights site in 2004 (museum, national archive, cultural centres) and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 19 September 2023.†

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ESMA, centro clandestino de detención (1976–1983): the Navy school's Casino de Oficiales was the core of the largest clandestine detention, torture and extermination centre of the last dictatorship; more than 5,000 people passed through as disappeared detainees.1976–1983

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ESMA, hoy Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos: the grounds became a memory and human-rights site in 2004 (museum, national archive, cultural centres) and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 19 September 2023.2004–2023

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