Argentineans are bracing for new information about the military junta that ruled from 1976 to 1983, after a cleaning crew came across a trove of documents containing all of the secret orders issued by the government responsible for at least 30,000 deaths.

The document hoard includes incredible detail of the operations of a fascist state, from the military coup that brought it to power to the restoration of Democracy.

“We found six original binders of the orders of the military junta, from March 24, 1976, to Dec. 10, 1983,” said defense minister Agustin Rossi. 

Also among the documents: Three bound volumes of communications from the public to the military, mostly from families trying to track down loved ones “disappeared” by the junta; And “blacklists” containing the names of 331 intellectuals, journalists, artists, and others persecuted by the regime for political reasons.  Among the shunned, Academy Award nominated actress Norma Aleandro, folk singer Mercedes Sosa, writer Julio Cortazar, tango musician Osvaldo Pugliese.  Their crimes:  Opposing government censorship.

“They were classified from F1 to F4 according to their (perceived) level of threat (to society),” said Rossi.

The Argentine government says the files will be published soon.