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Argentina Uncovers 83 Boxes of Nazi-Era Documents in Supreme Court Archives

The rediscovery sheds light on Argentina’s WWII neutrality and Nazi ties, with experts now preserving and analyzing the materials for historical insights.

Employees handle a box with Nazi-related material that was among several boxes originally confiscated by local authorities when they were shipped to Argentina in 1941, after the boxes were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in this handout picture released on May 11, 2025. Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Republica Argentina/Handout via REUTERS
Marcia Ras, a researcher at the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, Executive Director of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires Jonathan Karszenbaum, Chief Rabbi of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina Eliahu Hamra, President of the Supreme Court Horacio Rosatti, and the Director of the Centro de Asistencia Judicial Federal (CAJF) Pablo Lamounant check Nazi-related material that was originally confiscated by local authorities when it was shipped to Argentina in 1941, after several boxes containing the material were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in this handout picture released on May 11, 2025. Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Republica Argentina/Handout via REUTERS
A person holds Nazi-related material that was originally confiscated by local authorities when it was shipped to Argentina in 1941, after several boxes containing the material were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in this handout picture released on May 11, 2025. Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Republica Argentina/Handout via REUTERS
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Overview

  • The Argentine Supreme Court recently rediscovered 83 boxes of Nazi-era materials, including propaganda, photographs, postcards, and Nazi Party notebooks, in its archives.
  • The boxes were sent by the German embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in 1941 on the Japanese steamship 'Nan-a-Maru' and were confiscated by customs due to concerns over Argentina's wartime neutrality.
  • Supreme Court President Horacio Rosatti has ordered the preservation and secure storage of the materials, inviting the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires to assist with cataloging and analysis.
  • Experts will examine the documents for insights into Nazi operations, including international financing networks and efforts to spread Nazi ideology in Argentina during WWII.
  • Argentina’s historical context, including its neutrality until 1944 and its role as a refuge for 40,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, underscores the significance of this discovery.