A repressão sofrida pelos militares considerados contrários ao golpe de 1964: o caso do capitão da polícia militar Nery Clito Vieira da cidade de Chapecó (SC)

Abstract

Although the period of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985) has been widely studied, attention has been focused mainly on the repression of civilians and politicians. However, there were also reprisals in the military sphere. In this paper, we seek to understand the repression imposed on military personnel who opposed the 1964 coup, based on the case of Nery Clito Vieira, a captain in the Santa Catarina Military Police and commander of the Chapecó Battalion. To help us in our research, we used the methodology of the new military history, which considers the Armed Forces not only as a fighting force, but also as an institution that reflects and influences national culture. With this methodological approach, we sought to understand the role of these soldiers as individuals who faced the consequences of their opposition to the established government. Our time frame is the period of the dictatorship, from 1964 to 1972, and our geographical focus is the cities of Florianópolis and Chapecó, both located in the state of Santa Catarina, since Nery Clito Vieira worked as a police officer in these two places. The aim of this work is to analyze the repression of the military who resisted the 1964 coup, since an analysis of the repression that took place within the armed forces allows us to broaden our understanding of the complexities of the Brazilian military regime and offers new perspectives on the political and social struggles of the time. Thus, this work aims to fill an important gap in studies on the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship by focusing on the military opponents who were repressed