Argentina declassifies over 1,800 files on Nazi ‘ratline’ escape routes after WWII
Documents, whose release the Simon Wiesenthal Center pushed for, can now be viewed through the Argentine National Archive
The Argentine government announced the release of nearly 1,850 classified documents that show how Nazi fugitives escaped to the country after World War II. The trove of documents were declassified and made available to the public Monday at the urging of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy group named for the famed late Nazi hunter. The group praised the decision on Tuesday.
The collection will shed light on the financing of escape routes for Nazis, thousands of whom escaped to South America via so-called “ratlines” after the war. The released documents include banking and financial transactions that show how Nazis were able to resettle in Argentina as well as records held by Argentina’s Defense Ministry.
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