Hundreds of Nazi documents discovered in Argentina (photo)
Hundreds of documents and maps of the members of the Nazi organizations were discovered in boxes in the Archives of the Supreme Court in Argentina, the newspaper Clarin, taken by AFP, revealed on Sunday.
The boxes, seven in total, were opened on Friday, and their contents were classified, documented and kept on the order of the Supreme Court, to determine if they can provide relevant information on Holocaust events or Nazis escape to Argentina.
According to the journalistic investigation, a first inspection of the content revealed the existence of Nazi propaganda elements and photographs.
The Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires, whose representatives were present at the opening of the boxes, on Friday, together with the president of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, participates in the inventory and conservation works, according to Clarin.
According to the local press, the documents are related to the detention by the Customs Office, in 1941, of a load sent to the German Embassy to Buenos Aires from the German Legation in Tokyo.
A parliamentary commission then notified the justice to find out if these boxes could contain elements capable of compromising the neutrality policy during World War II. The boxes were opened and left under the judicial seals for decades.
It is estimated that thousands of Nazis passed through Argentina or took refuge in this country after the war.
The best known cases are Adolf Eichmann, captured at Buenos Aires in 1960 and judged and executed in Israel; Josef Mengele, a doctor known for his experiments on prisoners, who hid in Argentina before running to Paraguay and Brazil, where he died; And Erich Priebke, responsible for a massacre in 1944 during the German occupation of Italy. Priebke was arrested in Argentina and extradited to Italy in 1995, where he died in detention in 2013, atoning a life imprisonment.
Soy Chileno Pero Quiero aportar con mi grano of arena. Hallazgo Histórico en la CORTE Supreme Argentina! CAJAS CON DOCUMATOS VINULADOS OF NAZIISMO INGRESADOS EN 1941. #Mileinazi pic.twitter.com/728vqpknx6
– Soloparaopinary (@surdechileee) May 12, 2025
Nazi Passports and affiliation ids from 1941 found intact in 12 WOODEN BOXES IN ARGENTINE DEPOSIT. They are Shipped to the German Embassy from Japan But the Government, Customs, Political Parties and Courts Didn’t Allow Their Distribution Nor return to the Nazi Germans. pic.twitter.com/it9lks4bpb
– Apu (@Apuntes_) May 11, 2025
