Argentina Declassifies 1,850 Documents On Secret Nazi Escape Routes

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The governmnet of Argentina has released 1,850 classified documents that reveal how Nazi fugitives escaped Germany after World War II.

The documents were relased by Argentina’s General Archives and within the documnets it revealed details reagarding prominenet Nazi war criminals who fled to Argentina and other South America nation’s following WWII.

The documnets cache is titled, “Documentation on Nazi presence in Argentina,” and it contains intelligence details on the post-WWII activities of “Holocaust architect” Eichmann, as well as Josef Mengele a Nazi doctor known as the “Angel of Death” and several other high profile Nazis.

Per Newsweek:

A trove of documents detailing Nazi activities in Argentina following World War II has been publicly released, government officials announced.

The cache of more than 1,850 documents released Monday by Argentina’s General Archives reveals the arrival and activities of prominent Nazi war criminals who fled to the South American nation after the war, including Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

The dossiers, “Documentation on Nazi presence in Argentina,” are separated into seven files and detail the result of investigations by federal authorities and the nation’s top intelligence agency between the 1950s and 1980s, officials said.

“Starting today, anyone can access and download these documents,” Argentina’s Ministry of Interior said late Monday in a statement on X.

The Spanish-language files, which can be accessed online, were previously solely available for viewing by the public at Argentina’s General Archive in Buenos Aires. President Javier Milei declassified the records following a request by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights organization announced in February.

One batch of documents contains intelligence bulletins and press reports on the post-WWII activities of Holocaust architect Eichmann, as well as Mengele — a Nazi officer and doctor known as the “Angel of Death” for his perverse human experiments — and Martin Bormann, a Nazi leader who served as Adolf Hitler’s private secretary.

Here’s what Times of Israel reported:

The Argentine government announced the release of nearly 1,850 classified documents that show how Nazi fugitives escaped to the country after World War II.

The trove of documents were declassified and made available to the public Monday at the urging of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy group named for the famed late Nazi hunter. The group praised the decision on Tuesday.

The collection will shed light on the financing of escape routes for Nazis, thousands of whom escaped to South America via so-called “ratlines” after the war.

Last month, Argentine President Javier Milei ordered the declassification of the documents after a meeting with leaders from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. US Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, also requested the records in a letter delivered by representatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Argentina’s Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Guillermo Francos said Milei gave the order “because there is no reason to continue withholding that information,” according to Argentinian outlet Perfil.

Argentina’s National Archive, the Argentinian government announced in a post on X. The released documents include banking and financial transactions that show how Nazis were able to resettle in Argentina as well as records held by Argentina’s Defense Ministry.



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