Alicia Partnoy's 'The Little School'

Alicia Partnoy an Argentinian who was kidnapped and held as a prisoner in what was called “The little School” shares with us her personal testimony. In her time there her along with all the other prisoners were forced to wear blindfolds, preventing them from talking to or even seeing one another. They were tortured on a regular basis. One of the consistent themes I noticed was how the guards destroyed the prisoners’ sense of human dignity. Giving them little food, rarely letting them shower, torturing women for information along with many other horrible things. In many cases, the guards would force prisoners like Partnoy to strip for them. Through all these horrible events happening all at once Alicia managed to remain strong on page 43 she