Argentina's Supreme Court Uncovers 83 Boxes of Nazi-Era Materials During Museum Preparations
- Argentina's Supreme Court discovered 83 boxes of Nazi material in its Buenos Aires basement in 2025 while preparing a museum.
- In June 1941, the German diplomatic mission in Tokyo dispatched the boxes to Argentina on the Japanese cargo vessel Nan-a-Maru, but they were seized by authorities during World War II.
- The shipment included documents, propaganda, postcards, photographs, and thousands of Nazi notebooks intended to propagate Hitler's ideology in Argentina.
- The court reported that when examining one of the boxes, they found documents aimed at supporting and spreading Nazi beliefs within Argentina during World War II.
- Experts will examine the materials to uncover unknown Holocaust aspects and Nazi international financing networks, with preservation help from Argentina's Holocaust Museum.
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Argentine Supreme Court discovers over 80 boxes of forgotten Nazi documents
(JTA) — The Supreme Court of Argentina discovered over 80 boxes of material from the Nazis in its basement last Friday, prompting court officials to work with local Jewish organizations to review their contents. The boxes were sent in 1941 from the embassy of Nazi Germany in Tokyo to German diplomats in Argentina. Their contents include Nazi postcards, photographs and propaganda material, which, the court said in a statement Monday, were “intend…
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