What is Navy Petty-Officers School?
The '''Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy''' (in Spanish, '''''Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada''''', commonly known by its [[acronym]] '''ESMA'''<ref name=memoriaabierta>[http://www.memoriaabierta.org.ar/camino_al_museo3.php Memoria Abierta: Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA)]{{in lang|es}}</ref>), was originally an educational facility of the [[Argentine Navy]]. It was used as an illegal, secret [[Detention Centers in the Dirty War|detention center]] during the [[Dirty War]] of [[military dictatorship]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires]]