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La quinta copia (The fifth copy) is based on Victor Basterra's images and testimonies. In 1985, Víctor Melchor Basterra (Buenos Aires, 1944-La Plata, 2020) recounted in detail the torture and humiliation experienced in the interrogation carried out by Dr. Guillermo Ledesma, president of the court where the juntas of the military dictatorship were tried. "Víctor Basterra was a graphic worker and trade union militant arrested and disappeared between 1979 and 1983 in the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina. During his time at the Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA, Navy Mechanics School), he performed forced labor tasks in the laboratory that consisted of portraying, developing and copying passport photographs. Of each image he made an extra (fifth) copy, which he hid in an envelope of photographic paper, thus keeping him safe from inspections and the gaze of the repressive apparatus." (HKB Translation) --Verso Cover
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