Why is that so many Jews were killed at Argentina during the last military dictatorship( 1976-1982)?
Jews comprise less than 1% of Argentinians , but 2000 out of 30,000 of those killed by the Argentine military government were Jews. How is this disproportion explained.Why is that all them were activists,Unionists,students etc? http://www.desaparecidos.org/arg/victimas/judios/lista.html List with the names of some of the "missing" Argentine Jews.
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I would imagine because of antisemitism. They were blamed perhaps for the tyranny within their nation, even though it was not their fault.
2 :
let them killed.....
3 :
A number of reasons. Anti semitism which was present in the Argentinian armed forces. A sector of Peronism was anti semitic including the shielding by Peron of escaped Nazi War criminals. Dislike for people considered foreigners even though Jews have lived hundreds of years in Argentina. The high proportion of Jews, like Jacobo Timmerman who were involved in leftists and progressive struggles became a threat to the Fascists. Robbery of the posessions of those Jews who were considered rich. Lastly hostility to the Jewish community because of the perception that Israel was guilty of torturing and stealing from the Palestinians and other Muslims. It should be pointed out that many Jews considered themselves Argentine paytriots, were not Zionists and condemned the policies and practices of the Israeli Government.
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