The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo have announced a sharp increase in the number of identity inquiries since the release of Netflix’s The Eternaut.

Calls, emails and messages are said to have soared from people wondering if they were appropriated as children during the last military dictatorship in Argentina. The show is based on the comic book by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, who himself has a tragic family history related to the time of the dictatorship.

According to information from the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, between May 1 and May 7 they received 106 consultations on potential lost identity. In the same period of 2024, they had only received 18. One in ten consultations that the organization received since the start of the year through May 7 correspond to those after the April 30 release of The Euternaut.

The number of reports the grandmothers received from people who suspect they have information on potential child appropriations from the dictatorship era also saw a jump: between April 7-14 they received 21 reports, but from April 30 to May 9 they received 62.

“We knew the show would have some impact, but we didn’t expect it to be so much,”........

© Buenos Aires Herald