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Book SynopsisAt first glance, this book might appear to be yet another study on anti-Semitism in Argentina, supplementing those portraying this Southern Cone country as a Nazi shelter and perpetrator of anti-Jewish acts. Accounts of the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), which was responsible for the disappearance of thousands of people of Jewish origin, have contributed to this image. Memories that Lie a Little, however, challenges this view, shedding new light on Jewish experiences during the military dictatorship. Based on extensive archival research, it maps the positions of a wide range of Jewish organizations toward the military regime, opening the way for a better understanding of this complex historical period. If, then, the dictatorship was not actually anti-Semitic in the strictest sense of the term, why is it remembered as such? Historical research is complemented here by a reconstruction of the ways in which the notion of the regime’s anti-Semitism was crafted from early on, and an examination of its uses, as well as the changes that this narrative underwent in the following years.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Jewish Community between the “Cámpora Spring” and the Assault on Power by the Military Junta 2 The March 24, 1976, Coup d’état and Acceptance of the Discourse on the “Anti-subversive Struggle” 3 Reactions to Manifestations of Public and Clandestine Anti-Semitism during the Last Military Dictatorship 4 The Dimensions of “Normalcy” and the Flourishing Public Life of Jewish Institutions 5 Between the Collapse of the Regime and Fractures within the Jewish Community 6 Conflicting Discourses and Representations of the Jewish Community regarding its Conduct during the Last Military Dictatorship: The Case of DAIA 7 Nueva Presencia and Resistance to the Military Dictatorship Conclusions-Memories that Lie a Little Glossary: Institutions Bibliography Index
