NORA CORTINAS, aged 94
A housewife whose oldest son was captured by the military in Argentina’s Dirty War, she became a key figure in the Mothers of the Disappeared protest movement.
ADOLFO KAMINSKY, aged 97
An amateur chemist who narrowly avoided the Holocaust, he became the Resistance’s master forger – the man the Nazis couldn’t catch. He saved thousands of lives.
EWY ROSQVIST, aged 94
A vet who turned to rally driving, she was European Champion before winning a men’s endurance race. She never crashed or broke down. The greatest of all time?
HEBE DE BONAFINI, aged 93
An Argentinian housewife, both her sons were kidnapped and murdered during the Dirty War. She set up the ‘Mothers of the Disappeared to protest – but became a controversial character.
MIGUEL ETCHECOLATZ, aged 93
A policeman in Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a torturer and killer during the Dirty War. It took years to bring him to justice – but he never repented.
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