Argentina announces declassification of documents on Nazis who fled to the country

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Angry_drunken_robot@reddit

You know that we had Nazis in Canada too, right?

The Canadian government allowed in plenty of Nazis to settle in Canada, and the lid is still on the information.

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brrbles@reddit

Fuck, we put Nazis in charge of the American space program and it wasn't even a secret.

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OrlandoBloominOnions@reddit

Had? Pretty sure you can spot them easily in Toronto

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Angry_drunken_robot@reddit

OG Nazis, not the modern day larpers.

Real Nazis show up armed and in force.

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OrlandoBloominOnions@reddit

Having guns doesn’t make you a real Nazi, believing in the ideology does.

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nitonitonii@reddit

Most of them flee to the US, but they keep ignoring that qnd repeating the Argentina story. Even Brasil got more than Argentina.

In the US they got a safe job in NASA, the military or the government.

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StunningRing5465@reddit

Occasionally they get standing ovations in parliament

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RingGiver@reddit

And then people write articles to say "Just because he was in the SS doesn't mean that he actually was a Nazi."

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Nethlem@reddit

"From the makers of the clean Wehrmacht myth comes the long-awaited sequel: Clean Schutzstaffel!"

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Angry_drunken_robot@reddit

Just occasionally, if it happens too often, some one might figure out the truth.

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goddamn_I-Q_of_160@reddit

That's amazing. I've never heard of that.

Is it similar to project paperclip?

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Nethlem@reddit

To Crush Left-Wing Organizing, Canada Embraced Ukrainian Nazi Collaborators

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Angry_drunken_robot@reddit

We didn't have an official 'CIA operation' like the Americans.

No, Canada just considered them 'fleeing soviet persecution', and quietly did nothing.

Even the CBC had to say a little somthing](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nazi-war-criminals-in-canada-1.1026670)

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SolRon25@reddit

This seems to be a pattern with Canada, especially seeing how the recent Khalistan fiasco is turning out. Is there any reason why this seems to be a feature in Canadian politics?

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Angry_drunken_robot@reddit

Cowardice. Lack of spinal fortitude. The Canadian education system has bred more than a few generations of children to grow up to be 'nice people'.

Take a look around you.

And I don't think it's a particularly 'Canadian' thing either.

War criminals from every corner of the world settle in Canada because we have the double whammy of 1. no clear cut way to charge international criminals and 2. a 'thoughts and prayers' citizenry who are just not interested too deeply in anything.

The last one I head about was a criminal fugitive of the Rwandan genocide. He stayed comfortably in Canada long enough to sire children before his gangland style execution by Rwandans who recognized him.

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quietflyr@reddit

The last one I heard about was a criminal fugitive of the Rwandan genocide. He stayed comfortably in Canada long enough to sire children before his gangland style execution by Rwandans who recognized him.

From the CBC article you shared in another comment, he was successfully prosecuted and sentenced to life in prison. There was no gangland execution.

So basically, you're making shit up.

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PerunVult@reddit

In 1992, then-President Carlos Menem issued a decree declassifying information on German Nazis’ activity in Argentina. It is unclear if Milei’s decision will result in new documents being released.

So... a propaganda nothingburger? It sounds like this was already done over 30 years ago.

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tatojah@reddit

Nothing new coming from the far right. Don't be surprised if the press release is just another rick roll.

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Phd_Death@reddit

Milei is far right?????????

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TadeoTrek@reddit

Menem issued the decree but nothing was done afterwards and the issue was quietly pushed under the rug. This is a new attempt at releasing those same documents. If this time it'll actually be done, we'll have to wait and see...

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ManWithWhip@reddit

They issued the decree and then did nothing, if it happens again you'll be right, but it was not done 30 years ago.

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demonspawns_ghost@reddit

I'd be more interested in learning about where all the money that was made by German and American industrialists and financiers went right before the allies landed in Berlin. A lot of money was moved out of the country then repatriated years later to create Germany's post-war "economic miracle". Miracle my ass. But I doubt Germany or the EU would be too happy about that information being dug up.

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Nethlem@reddit

A lot of that money ended up in Switzerland, and some of it in the US as RoI.

But I doubt Germany or the EU would be too happy about that information being dug up.

Those are not the parties with the most interest in keeping these parts of WWII memory-holed.

After WWII American industrialists sued the US federal government for damages, as the US military bombed factories in Nazi Germany that were US owned, they won and were awarded a lot of money in damages.

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demonspawns_ghost@reddit

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/03/historybooks.jonathanglancey

It's a good read. Which countries set up the European Coal & Steel Community, the precursor to the EU?

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PhoenixKingMalekith@reddit

Many, I d just want Swizerland to give back what it owes to my family or jews in general

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empleadoEstatalBot@reddit

Argentina announces declassification of documents on Nazis who fled to the country - Buenos Aires Herald

Argentine President Javier Milei ordered that all documents containing information on Nazis who fled to the country be declassified. The decision was made following a request from the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

“President Milei instructed the release of all existing state documentation in any agency, because there is no reason to continue safeguarding that information,” Chief of Staff Francos said in an interview with the DNews TV channel. He clarified he was referring to “Nazis who came to Argentina to hide, and who were protected for many years.”

Last month, Milei met with the authorities of the U.S. Jewish human rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center. In that meeting, they gave him a letter from Charles Grassley, the head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. A copy of that same letter was also sent to United States President Donald Trump.

The letter requested the Argentine president’s “assistance and support with the Committee’s ongoing investigation into previously undisclosed and unknown Nazi assets at Credit Suisse and its predecessor banks, which are now under the leadership of UBS Group AG.”

The U.S. lawmakers stated that the bank held nearly 100 accounts linked to German Nazis and members of Nazi-linked groups in Argentina. In 2022, Credit Suisse said that it had conducted an internal investigation into this matter and not found any evidence. Senator Grassley, however, is contesting the bank’s statements.

A source in Francos’ office said that Argentina’s Defense Ministry holds most of the pertinent documentation. There are also financial documents that the government will share to reveal the alleged money movements. Spokesmen for the Defense Ministry and the presidency said that they did not have information on the matter.

After World War II finished in 1945, many German Nazis fled to the countries in the Americas, including Argentina. In 1999, a government commission found that at least 180 Nazi war criminals had migrated to Argentina. According to a 2002 book by journalist Uki Goñi, a former Herald staffer, then-President Juan Perón encouraged Nazi and fascist war criminals to make their home in Argentina.

In 1992, then-President Carlos Menem issued a decree declassifying information on German Nazis’ activity in Argentina. It is unclear if Milei’s decision will result in new documents being released.

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