Hidden bookshelf passageway reveals disturbing nazi collection in argentina. Walter rauff, chief of nazi intelligence services in italy, is believed to have fled to argentina before making his home in chile, where he died in 1984. In 1939, adolf hitler ordered the construction of a massive 3milelong row of buildings, destined to be an enormous beach resort for nazi germany. After 1945, argentine president juan peron, himself drawn to fascist ideologies, enlisted intelligence officers and diplomats to help establish rat. The 7 most notorious nazis who escaped to south america history. Hidden collection of nazi artifacts was discovered in. He was a senior german police and ss officer during the program to exterminate the jewish people of occupied poland during world war ii, known as operation reinhard.
The series takes place mostly in argentina, but also deals with internal struggles within the nazi party as the. The sophisticated german submarine u3523 might have been the perfect. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. As the author explains, much of his novel is based on the real. This man owns the largest collection of nazi artifacts. Argentina, for one, was already home to hundreds of thousands of german immigrants and had maintained close ties to germany during the war. Priebke admitted killing two of the italians, but claimed he was only following orders. It is common knowledge that argentina was a safe haven for many nazis after world war ii. Supposedly juan peron knew all about it and kept his mouth shut for money. In his final book, new york times bestselling author philip kerr treats readers to. A bernie gunther novel series penguin random house. After world war ii, many highranking nazis escaped to argentina.
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Perons government was a big fan of the fascist trappings of nazi germany. A brief history of nazi migration to argentina culture trip. The secret room, the nazi artifacts and an argentine mystery the. The argentine president also sought to recruit those nazis with particular. Uki goni, the respected author of the real odessa about nazis who. President juan peron was a nazi sympathiser with close ties to other european dictators such as mussolini, and he arranged safe passage for many highranking officials to come to south america in the years following the war. New book claims that government of gen juan d peron of argentina offered haven for profits of german companies that had been part of nazi. Thousands of nazi officers, highranking party members and collaboratorsincluding many. If americans had somehow been ignorant of the presence in south america of nazi criminals before eichmanns kidnapping, they were no longer. In his 2002 book, the real odessa, argentine researcher uki goni used new access to the countrys archives to show that argentine diplomats and intelligence officers had, on perons instructions, vigorously encouraged nazi and fascist war criminals to make their home in argentina. List of nazi party leaders and officials wikipedia. In 1960, the notorious nazi war criminal adolf eichmann was seized by agents from the mossad and shin bet and rushed to israel, where he stood trial and was executed two years later. This book is about a spy who claims that he transported martin bormann to argentina.
The 7 most notorious nazis who escaped to south america. In a hidden treasure room dedicated to celebrating the third reich, argentine police officers have found a trove of nazi artifacts, including a. Trump deports last nazi war criminal in us back to germany. Ss officer responsible for horrific experiments on concentrationcamp prisoners. In 1950, a german detective mingles with fugitive nazis in argentina to find a. The ruling passion of his life, though, is what he calls the wheatcroft collection widely regarded as the worlds largest accumulation of german military vehicles and nazi memorabilia. Hitler was also transported to the same region where many nazis lived out their days. In 1960, a group of israeli mossad spies traveled to argentina and captured nazi officer adolf eichmann, who was responsible for orchestrating. Halfcentury later, a new look at argentinenazi ties the new. It is no secret that many nazis fled to argentina following the allied victory in 1945.
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