The story of the character played by China Suárez in "Argentina, land of love and revenge"

The new novel by El Trece, "Argentina, land of love and revenge", presents the story of Ruchla Laja Liberman, a Polish immigrant who, when she arrived in Argentina, was named Raquel Liberman.

Who embodies him in the strip is China Suárez, under the name of Rachel Zimmerman. To the surprise of many, the actress surprised viewers with her performance.

Liberman He was born in a small Polish town called Berdychiv and moved to Warsaw from an early age. At 22, he emigrated to Argentina with her two sons, Moishele and Shíkele, to meet her husband, Jacob, who had settled in Tapalqué.

They lived there until the death of Iaacob of tuberculosis and Raquel, settling in Buenos Aires, leaving their children in charge of their brothers-in-law, who would be linked to Rachel's entry into prostitution.

The traffic network Zwi Migdal, recruited poor Jewish women from Eastern Europe to badually exploit them as a Jewish Helping Society, and that's where Rachel fell.

He managed to pay for his freedom and escaped from this network that held her in various brothels in the capital. But soon she was deceived and fell back into the hands of the Zwi Migdal. She had agreed to marry a man who thought he could leave this life but he was the one who gave it back to him.

He escaped a second time and it was at that time that he contacted Commissioner Julio Alsogaray and filed a complaint against the traffic network that had kidnapped her. The complaint is dated December 31st, 1929.

Criminal judge Manuel Rodríguez Ocampo summoned Raquel Líberman to testify. Thus, the modus operandi of the sinister organization was known: the women were taken by force, forced, they were physically and mentally abused to watch them and avoid being denounced.

The judge ordered the provisional detention of 108 members of Zwi Migdal and demanded the arrest of 334 fugitives for bribery and unlawful badociation. During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the network worked with the complicity of the federal police.

Finally the Appeals Chamber ordered that the pre-trial detention of three preventive members of the organization, leaving the bosses and all the others free.

Raquel Líberman reunited with her children and lived a little longer in Buenos Aires until April 17, 1935, at the age of 34, He died victim of thyroid cancer.

What is Zwi Migdal?

The Zwi Migdal was a huge and powerful enterprise, which He managed more than 2,000 brothels across the country, where he operated some 30,000 women. that they recruited in the ships or as soon as they arrived at these lands dreaming another life. They were battered, raped, prostituted women, separated from their families. Very few people could speak and almost none denounced it.

Raquel's legacy

Since 2011, The Under-Secretariat for Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism of Buenos Aires presents the Raquel Liberman Prize individuals and non-governmental organizations engaged in the protection and promotion of the rights of women survivors of situations of violence.

They receive a diploma and a single financial compensation equivalent to the gross monthly salary of a deputy from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires: 130,000 pesos "This award allows us to recognize the people and institutions presenting a Social Project that defends and Promoting the rights of women who are victims of violence, in the City, we work every day for a society without violence, "said Pamela Malewicz, Under-Secretary of Human Rights.