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Asharq Al-Awsat
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Argentina's Supreme Court Finds Archives Linked to the Nazi Regime
The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda material that was used to spread Adolf Hitler's ideology in the South American nation, a judicial authority from the court told The Associated Press on Sunday. The court came across the material when preparing for the creation of a museum with its historical documents, the judicial authority said. The official requested anonymity due to internal policies. Among the documents, they found postcards, photographs, and propaganda material from the German regime. Some of the material 'intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina, in the midst of World War II,' the official said. The boxes are believed to be related to the arrival of 83 packages in Buenos Aires on June 20, 1941, sent by the German Embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship 'Nan-a-Maru.' At the time, the German diplomatic mission in Argentina had requested the release of the material, claiming the boxes contained personal belongings, but the Customs and Ports Division retained it. The president of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, has ordered the preservation of the material and a thorough analysis.
RNZ News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Argentina's top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement
Argentina's justice system found hundreds of documents and membership cards for Nazi organisations in seven boxes stored in the Supreme Court archive relating to a case initiated in 1941. Photo: Handout / ARGENTINA'S SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE / AFP Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday. The 83 boxes were sent by the Germany embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard the Japanese steamship "Nan-a-Maru," according to the history that the court was able to piece together, it said in a statement. At the time, the large shipment drew the attention of authorities, who feared its contents could affect Argentina's neutrality in the war. Despite claims at the time from German diplomatic representatives that the boxes held personal items, Argentine customs authorities searched five boxes at random. They found postcards, photographs and propaganda material from the Nazi regime, as well as thousands of notebooks belonging to the Nazi party. A federal judge confiscated the materials, and referred the matter to the Supreme Court. It was not immediately clear why the items were sent to Argentina or what, if any, action the Supreme Court took at the time. Eighty-four years later, court staffers came across the boxes as they prepared for a Supreme Court museum. "Upon opening one of the boxes, we identified material intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina during the Second World War," the court said. The court has now transferred the boxes to a room equipped with extra security measures, and invited the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires to participate in their preservation and inventory. Experts will also examine them for any clues about still-unknown aspects of the Holocaust, such as international financing networks used by the Nazis. Argentina remained neutral in World War II until 1944, when it broke relations with Axis powers. The South American country declared war on Germany and Japan the following year. From 1933 to 1954, according to the Holocaust Museum, 40,000 Jews entered Argentina as they fled Nazi persecution in Europe. Argentina is home to the largest population of Jews in Latin America. - Reuters
CBC
12-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Argentina's Supreme Court finds more than 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement
Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentine authorities during the Second World War were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday. The 83 boxes were sent by the Germany embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru, according to the history that the court was able to piece together, it said in a statement. At the time, the large shipment drew the attention of authorities, who feared its contents could affect Argentina's neutrality in the war. Despite claims at the time from German diplomatic representatives that the boxes held personal items, Argentine customs authorities searched five boxes at random. They found postcards, photographs and propaganda material from the Nazi regime, as well as thousands of notebooks belonging to the Nazi party. A federal judge confiscated the materials, and referred the matter to the Supreme Court. It was not immediately clear why the items were sent to Argentina or what, if any, action the Supreme Court took at the time. Eighty-four years later, court staffers came across the boxes as they prepared for a Supreme Court museum. "Upon opening one of the boxes, we identified material intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina during the Second World War," the court said. The court has now transferred the boxes to a room equipped with extra security measures, and invited the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires to participate in their preservation and inventory. Experts will also examine them for any clues about still-unknown aspects of the Holocaust, such as international financing networks used by the Nazis. Argentina remained neutral in the Second World War until 1944, when it broke relations with Axis powers. The South American country declared war on Germany and Japan the following year.
The Independent
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Argentina's Supreme Court finds archives linked to the Nazi regime
The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda material that was used to spread Adolf Hitler's ideology in the South American nation, a judicial authority from the court told The Associated Press on Sunday. The court came across the material when preparing for the creation of a museum with its historical documents, the judicial authority said. The official requested anonymity due to internal policies. Among the documents, they found postcards, photographs, and propaganda material from the German regime. Some of the material 'intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina, in the midst of World War II,' the official said. The boxes are believed to be related to the arrival of 83 packages in Buenos Aires on June 20, 1941, sent by the German Embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship 'Nan-a-Maru.' At the time, the German diplomatic mission in Argentina had requested the release of the material, claiming the boxes contained personal belongings, but the Customs and Ports Division retained it. The president of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, has ordered the preservation of the material and a thorough analysis. ____
Arab News
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Argentina's Supreme Court finds archives linked to the Nazi regime
BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda material that was used to spread Adolf Hitler's ideology in the South American nation, a judicial authority from the Court told the Associated Press on Sunday. The court came across the material when preparing for the creation of a museum with its historical documents, the source said. The official requested anonymity due to internal policies. Among the documents, they found postcards, photographs, and propaganda material from the German regime. Some of the material 'intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina, in the midst of World War II,' the source said. The boxes are believed to be related to the arrival of 83 packages in Buenos Aires on June 20, 1941, sent by the German embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship 'Nan-a-Maru.' At the time, the German diplomatic mission in Argentina had requested the release of the material, claiming the boxes contained personal belongings, but the Customs and Ports Division retained it. The president of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, has ordered the preservation of the material and a thorough analysis.
