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Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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The documents were sent by the German embassy in Tokyo and arrived in Argentina on 20 June 1941 inside 83 diplomatic pouches aboard a Japanese steamship, according to information gathered by court officials.

They ended up in the Supreme Court that same year after they were confiscated by Argentine customs officials who had opened five pouches at random and found Nazi propaganda material inside.

They were rediscovered last week by workers who were intrigued by a number of wooden champagne crates they stumbled upon while moving archival material from the Supreme Court's basement.

The crates were quickly moved to a secure office in the building and court officials alerted the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum to their existence and asked for its help in creating an inventory of all their contents.

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Israel is going to want their instructions back.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

USA too

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think these are all just templates that have been handed down for thousands of years

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

On psychological level sure... But application of technology and modern logistics to get the job done is some what modern.

Hence why we are all shiting bricks in the US, the tools of the oppression are in place. All it takes is for the regime to flip the switch and that's what appears to be happening with ICE. They are testing waters IMHO

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Were they moved there from Mar-a-lago's bathroom?

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

After the end of World War Two, Argentina - under the leadership of Juan Perón - became a place of refuge for a number of high-ranking Nazis, including Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

Not mentioning the helping role of Vantican?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure there are crates full of documents in other parts of the world full of Nazi content ... some are lost, some are forgotten, some are hidden

... and some are used as reference material

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

did they not see them for a while or something? i'm sure there was furor over this whole ordeal! this must have happened back on may the 3rd, right?

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

They should send them to a mar a largo bathroom

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Now we can finally prosecute and bring those corpses to justice!

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social -4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who is surprised by this?

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Me.

Pretty sure it's been a while since we found well preserved historical items from the second world war.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. But Nazi!