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Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu

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0.0·1979·0h 11m

August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in prison, Inês Etienne Romeu, the only survivor of ...

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Inês Etienne Romeu

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Maria Romeu

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Lúcia Romeu

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Elisabeth Romeu

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Anita Romeu

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Geralda Romeu

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Cristina Oliveira Lira

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Norma Bengell

Norma Bengell

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Norma Bengell

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August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in prison, Inês Etienne Romeu, the only survivor of the "House of Death" in Petrópolis and the first political prisoner sentenced to life in prison in Brazil, left prison benefiting from Amnesty. Norma Bengell filmed this moment: from the prison door to her home with her family, Inês was welcomed by family, friends and members of the Brazilian Amnesty Committee, in what marked the first act of the historic denunciation that Inês would carry out against her tormentors and the Military Regime.