Recently, workers at Argentina's Supreme Court uncovered boxes filled with Nazi documents that may provide new insights into the country's connections to Hitler's regime during the war.
Nazi-Era Documents Discovered in Argentina's Supreme Court Basement
Nazi-Era Documents Discovered in Argentina's Supreme Court Basement
Boxes containing Nazi materials could shed light on historical events during World War II.
In a surprising turn of events, staff members at the Supreme Court of Argentina stumbled upon boxes of Nazi-related materials while organizing the archives for the establishment of a court museum. These boxes, long hidden in the court’s basement for over eighty years, contained a trove of notebooks, propaganda material, and other documentation marked with swastikas that aimed to promote Adolf Hitler's ideologies in Argentina during World War II.
This significant find, reported on May 13, 2025, has prompted the court to undertake a thorough review of the materials, which may hold essential details pertaining to the Holocaust and Nazi activity in the region. Court president Horacio Rosatti expressed the importance of this discovery, highlighting its potential role in clarifying dark chapters of history.
A ceremony was held last week, attended by officials, historians, and representatives from the Argentine Jewish community, to officially open more boxes and examine their contents. Jonathan Karszenbaum, executive director of Buenos Aires’ Holocaust Museum, noted his astonishment at the sheer volume of material uncovered, indicating further exploration is necessary.
The court revealed that these materials arrived in Argentina via the German embassy in Tokyo on June 20, 1941, aboard the Japanese ship Nan-a-Maru, during a time when Argentina maintained a position of neutrality in the ongoing global conflict. This critical moment in history may connect previously unrecognized threads between Argentina and Nazi Germany, as the country navigated its complex political landscape in the early stages of World War II.
