Netflix series revives search for OesterheldCEFR A2
22 Feb 2026
Adapted from Shannon Kirby, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Matias Jacobi, Unsplash
A Netflix adaptation of the 1957 comic El Eternauta brought new attention to Héctor Germán Oesterheld and his missing family. Oesterheld wrote the original comic and a later version finished while he was hiding.
He and several family members disappeared during the 1976–1983 military dictatorship. After the series, more people contacted Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and social media messages asked viewers born in certain months to get in touch. Human rights groups continue to search for missing people and for the identities of lost grandchildren.
Difficult words
- adaptation — a new version of a work
- disappear — to go missing and not be founddisappeared
- dictatorship — a government ruled by a single leader
- contact — to communicate with someone directlycontacted
- identity — who a person is or their nameidentities
- grandchild — a child of someone's son or daughtergrandchildren
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Discussion questions
- Why did the Netflix adaptation bring new attention to Oesterheld?
- If you saw a social media message asking people born in certain months to get in touch, what would you do?
- How can groups and social media help find missing people or identify grandchildren?
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