Argentina has released 1,850 documents detailing the activities of Nazi fugitives who sought refuge in the country after World War II, according to the Buenos Aires Times.
The files, which were previously kept under state secrecy, were made public by order of Argentine President Javier Milei. They include records of banking transactions, secret intelligence files, and previously confidential reports from the Ministry of Defense.
The National Archive (AGN) published a total of 1,850 declassified documents, which are now available to the public for viewing on a government website.
The documents were made public as part of efforts to uncover the networks that sheltered Nazi fugitives in Latin America.
One of the cases of Nazi fugitives who found refuge in Argentina was Josef Mengele, who lived under his real name until 1953 and then adopted a fake identity under the name Gregor Helmut. Despite an extradition request from Germany, Argentine authorities rejected it at the time, citing technical details and procedural issues.
Reports from the intelligence services show that no measures were ultimately taken against Mengele, who later fled to Paraguay and then to Brazil, where he died in 1979.
Other well-known Nazi fugitives also lived in Argentina with the authorities’ knowledge, as confirmed by the files, including Adolf Eichmann, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, and Erich Priebke, a former SS officer.
