Secret documents reveal: almost 9 thousand nazis fled to Argentina

After several decades Chilean and Brazilian authorities agreed to reveal documents about Third Reich fugitives who managed to escape into South America.

According to the documents, there are about nine thousand registered people who used to cooperate with nazi regime. "Daily Mail" informs, that about 5 thousand people stayed in Argentina, another 1,5 to 2 thousand in Brazil and from 500 to 1000 people harboured in Chile. Much smaller groups escaped to Paraguay and Urugway. We should not forget that South America wasn't their only destiny - many nazis escaped also to the Middle Eastern Countries.

Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974)

So many nazi fugitives in Argentina can be explained by the fakt, that president Juan Perón had sold about 10 thousand unnamed passports to ODESSA organisation. This helped them to gain new identity. The historians claim that revealing these documents can be a turning point in many investigations. Brazilian documents reveal for example that there were about 20 thousand Germans settleing in the country between 1945-1959.

Many South-American governments were not interested in helping to find former nazi officials. There is not much chance to get them still living and take them to the court. Many of Third Reich mysteries remain unsolved, like for example speculations about Adolf Hitler's place of death.