Hundreds of Nazi documents, found in the Archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina. The diplomatic incident through which they were obtained
Supreme Court of Buenos Aires Photo: Jon G. Fuller / Vwpics / Zuma Press / Profimedia
The Argentine justice has discovered hundreds of documents and maps of the members of the Nazi organizations in boxes in the Archives of the Supreme Court of the country, the newspaper Clarin, taken over 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 the Nazi escape to Argentina, Agerpres reports.
According to the journalistic investigation, a first inspection of content revealed the existence of Nazi propaganda elements and photographs.
The Holocaust Museum of 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 lifetime prison sentence.
