The Argentine president officials the desecretation of the documents relating to the escape to the country of Nazi criminals. According to historians, around 5000 fugitives arrived in Argentina at the end of the war.
Javier Milei opens the archives on Nazi criminals
Few themes are covered by the halo of the mystery such as that relating to the escape of the Nazis to South America. Hundreds of documentaries, books and government files have not been able to recompose the sad puzzle linked to one of the darkest points of the Second World War.
Perhaps, however, the decision taken yesterday by the Argentine president, Javier Mileito open the archives up to now secrets will help to thin out the mystery around the Nazi escape. In fact, the desecretation of all the documents contained in the archives relating to the escape of the Nazi criminals in the country has been established.
Milei He had already announced his intention to take this historical step a month ago. During a meeting with the representatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center The Argentine president had in fact announced his intention to shed light on the “Ratines”, the escape lines used by the Nazi criminals to escape to South America. On that occasion, a letter from the senator had been delivered to the Argentine president Chuck Grassleymember of the United States Senate Justice Commission. In the letter, the collaboration of Argentina was urged to investigate the German war criminals.
Yesterday the official arrived: “The president ordered all the state agencies to release the files relating to the Nazis who found asylum in Argentina after the Holocaust”, these are the words of the head of the Argentine cabinet, Guillermo Francos. «There are still unpublished documents relating to the banking and financial operations of the Nazis (who fled to Argentina). There is no reason to keep them hidden ».
Argentina was a refuge for about 5000 fleeing Nazis
Argentina became a “safe harbor” for the Nazis on the end of the Second World War thanks to the connivance of the then president Juan Domingo Peronknown for his sympathies towards the Nazi -fascist axis. According to historians, the number of Nazis who fled to South America would be about 10 thousand individuals, of which a good half would have settled in Argentina. The escape routes used relying to conniving governments (such as Franchist Spain) and sympathizers, sometimes also present within the Catholic clergy.
Among the fugitives there were also some well -known names, such as Adolf Eichmann And Josef Mengele. The first, considered one of the greatest organizers of the extermination of the Jewish people, was traced by Mossad after imprudently released an interview. He was kidnapped by the secret services of Tel Aviv, brought to Israel, tried and finally executed through hanging. The hiding of Mengelethe angel of the death of Auschwitz, who after embarking in Genoa and arrived in Argentina managed to make his tracks lose. He was found only after his death, which took place in 1979 in Brazil.
Perhaps the documents desecretated by the Argentine president will contribute to definitively shedding on the sad chapter of the escape and organization of the Nazi criminals in South America.
