Argentina's Supreme Court found more than 80 boxes of Nazi material in its basement
The court said Sunday that dozens of boxes of Nazi material seized during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court’s basement.
In June 1941, the German Embassy in Tokyo sent 83 boxes to Argentina, and according to the history that the court was able to piece together, the Japanese ship Nan-a-Maru, the Japanese ship Nan-a-Maru.
At the time, large shipments caught the attention of the authorities, who feared that their content might affect Argentina's neutrality in the war.
Although the German diplomatic representative claimed that the boxes possessed personal belongings at the time, the Argentine customs authorities randomly searched for five boxes.
They found postcards, photos and propaganda materials from the Nazi regime, as well as thousands of notebooks from the Nazi party. A federal judge confiscated the materials and handed the matter over to the Supreme Court.
It is unclear why the items were sent to Argentina or the action taken by the Supreme Court at that time (if any).
Eighty-four years later, court staff came across the box while preparing for the Supreme Court Museum.
“After opening one of the boxes, we identified materials designed to consolidate and spread Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina during World War II,” the court said.
The court has now transferred the box to a room equipped with additional security measures and invited the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires to participate in its preservation and inventory.
Experts will also check if they have any clues about the Holocaust that remained overwhelmed, such as the international financing network used by the Nazis.
Until 1944, Argentina remained neutral during World War II. South American countries declare war on Germany and Japan in the second year.
According to the Holocaust Museum, from 1933 to 1954, 40,000 Jews entered Argentina while fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe. Argentina is home to the largest Jewish population in Latin America.
