Her Memorial
Every December 8, in the Santa Cruz church of San Cristobal, the anniversary of the disappearance of the group of members of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, activists for human rights and the two French nuns, Léonie Duquet and Alice Domon.
In 2000, Law #397 declared by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires named a small plaza "Hermana Alice Domon y Hermana Leonie Duquet" located at the intersection of Moreto, Medina, and Cajaravilla streets. In the same year, film director Alberto Marquardt premiered a film titled Yo, Sor Alice about Alice Domon's life that was an Argentine-French co-production
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