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: ''Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero'') is a 1981 memoir by the left-wing Argentine writer

Jacobo Timerman Jacobo Timerman (6 January 1923 – 11 November 1999), was a Soviet-born Argentine publisher, journalist, and author, who is most noted for his confronting and reporting the atrocities of the Argentine military regime's Dirty War during a pe ...

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In Tel Aviv, Timerman wrote and published ''Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number'' (1981), a memoir about his experience in Argentina, which also covered the larger political issues. The book gained instant international popularity. Timerman was invited to lecture about his experience in Israel, Europe, Canada, and the United States, which increased his international recognition and publicized the human rights situation in Argentina.

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In Memoriam: Jacobo Timerman, 1923–1999
, ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'' XIX (1), February 2000, p. 59. The book weaves together different narratives, discussing Timerman's imprisonment, his biography, and larger topics of Argentine politics. ''Prisoner Without a Name provided new details to the world about the Argentine military dictatorship. For instance, it described a weekly lecture called "The Academy" held for police and military officers, who were taught that they were fighting a "World War III" against left-wing terrorists. The book describes

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and anti-intellectualism within the military regime. In 1983, it was made into a television film, '' Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number''.

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{{Reflist 1981 non-fiction books Antisemitism in Argentina Argentine autobiographies Books about antisemitism Books about Zionism Jewish literature Jews and Judaism in Argentina Memoirs adapted into films Memoirs of imprisonment Zionism in South America

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