In the context of the application of the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory to the UNESCO World Heritage List, Teresa Anchorena and Laura Weber, President and Vocal Secretary, respectively, of the National Commission on Monuments, Sites and Historic Assets of the Nation toured the Museum on February 17. The commission’s duties include drawing up the list of National Historic Monuments in their different categories, and overseeing all assets declared by the Executive Branch.
The guided tour was led by Alejandra Naftal, executive director of the Museum, who charted a tour of the events that occurred in the former Clandestine Center for Detention, Torture and Extermination through the facilities of the permanent exhibition. In addition to the permanent exhibition, Naftal shared the importance of the Museum’s application to the UNESCO program whose purpose is to identify and preserve heritage properties that have outstanding universal value.
Visibly moved after the tour, Anchorena stressed that “it reminds us of what we are, what we were and what we have to be as a country.» In addition, she stressed the importance of rescuing the fight of Human Rights Organizations and spreading the message of the Museum, which she defined as «aimed at the intelligence and the heart and not towards resentment, anger and revenge».
Weber, for her part, highlighted the importance of having the testimonies of the survivors from the different trials and noted that «a visit to the Museum is essential not only to learn about and delve into a fundamental part of history but also to understand much about the present.”
Also present were Salomé Grunblatt, Director of Institutional Relations of the Museum, and Mauricio Cohen Salama and Mayki Gorosito, General Coordinator of the Work Plan and Coordinator of International Cooperation of the candidacy.
