My father, the war criminal: Children of Argentina's dictatorship grapple with dark past

Some in Argentina have known about their family's dirty secret since they were very young. Others lived for decades without suspecting anything, until the opening of trials for crimes against humanity committed under the dictatorship. These trials began in 2009 and continue to this day. How do you shape your personality or rebuild your life when you discover that your own father is guilty of torture, rape and sometimes even murder? How do you coexist alongside children of the victims?

Forty years after the end of Argentina's dictatorship, we went to meet those whose families were on the wrong side of history. We followed them on the long road to acceptance they have had to take: some by campaigning against historical negationism or setting up an NGO, others through psychoanalysis or writing a play.

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