In the 1980s, during an event that took place in Las Heras Park, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo created banners displaying the lives of their children. On the banners, the Mothers included various objects such as school report cards, pictures, letters, poems, etc., to share the lives and ideals of the victims of state terrorism.
This collection seeks to recover victims’s identity, which terrorism attempted to strip away from them. However, it is also an invitation to remembrance and social awareness.
This unique material constitutes a form of resistance to forgetting the past and carries on the fight for identity. The archived information on this collection can be accessed through our catalogue. Many archives also include a digital image of the banner.