Boxes containing postcards, photographs and notebooks had been confiscated by Argentine authorities at the time, but remained long forgotten since. everal boxes containing Nazi propaganda material were discovered in the Argentine Supreme Court, 84 years after they were originally confiscated. According to the judicial body, the documentation had been shipped to Argentina in 1941 from the German embassy in Tokyo but was seized by local authorities upon discovering its contents. It remained long forgotten in the Supreme Court basement until the recent findings. . The documents were discovered “by chance” by judiciary workers when moving material from the archive as part of works ahead of the creation of the Supreme Court’s museum, according to a press release. “When opening one of those boxes, [they] identified material destined to consolidate and spread Adolf Hitler’s ideology in Argentina, when World War II was in full swing,” the release said.
via buenos aires herald: Nazi propaganda material from 1941 discovered in Argentine Supreme Court basement
siehe auch: Nazi propaganda materials uncovered in Argentine Supreme Court archive Officials examine whether posters and literature, which arrived in Argentina in 1941, shed light on Holocaust-related events or reveal the trail of Nazi funds worldwide. Officials involved in the creation of a new museum at Argentina’s Supreme Court made a surprising historical discovery while transferring parts of the court’s archives: a series of boxes containing Nazi-related materials were found in the court’s basement. The items had arrived in Argentina in 1941 and were forgotten for decades. One of the boxes was found to contain material intended to spread Adolf Hitler’s ideology in Argentina, even after World War II had already begun. Given the sensitive nature of the contents and commitments made by the court, the remaining boxes will be preserved until their formal opening. The story dates back to June 20, 1941, when 83 crates arrived from the German Embassy in Tokyo aboard a Japanese ship. The German Embassy in Argentina declared them as personal belongings of diplomatic staff and demanded their release. In a letter dated July 28, 1941, then-Finance Minister Carlos Acevedo asked Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú whether approving the embassy’s request might compromise Argentina’s neutrality during the ongoing war in Europe.
