La Argentina fascista: los orígenes ideológicos de la dictadura

Ch. 3 (pp. 76-96), "Antisemitismo, sexo y cristianismo", discusses the development of antisemitism during the 1930s-40s. In those years, antisemitism became established in Argentinian political life, in ideology and practice. Elements in the Catholic church, the military, civil circles, and nationalist ones created the theoretical basis - in particular, the priests Gustavo Franceschi, Julio Meinvielle and Virgilio Filippo, and, in nationalist circles, Gustavo Martínez Suviria (Hugo Wast). They expressed their views mainly in the publications "Criterio" and "Clarinada", as well as in books, pamphlets, conferences, and on the radio. They accused the Jews of monopolizing the economy and driving Argentinians into poverty, of being materialistic and carnal, of manipulating Protestantism, liberalism, communism, Marxism, freemasonry, atheism, capitalism, democracy, sexual mores, pornography and even diseases in order to rule the world, and in particular Argentina. They proposed the elimination and expulsion of the Jews. These views were evinced in the immigration policy of the Perón regime, in the attacks of the Tacuara group against Jews during the 1960s, and during the dictatorship of the Junta (1976-83), when Jews were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered.