Posted by In a discovery that has shocked Argentina’s legal and historical communities, more than 80 boxes of Nazi-era documents, passports, photographs and paraphernalia were uncovered in the basement archives of the country’s Supreme Court. The trove was found during a modernization project meant to organize and digitize decades-old judicial records. Historians believe the materials date from the late 1930s through the early 1950s, a time when Argentina under President Juan Perón became a safe haven for fleeing officials after World War II. High-profile figures like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele famously escaped to South America using forged identities and sympathetic networks. Preliminary inspections suggest the boxes could hold immigration papers, intelligence reports and personal items linked to the smuggling routes that brought N*zi fugitives across the Atlantic. Researchers hope the collection will offer rare insight into how deeply their presence took root in Argentina’s postwar society, and how involved official institutions may have been in helping them elude justice. © Reddit #archaeohistories
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