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Argentina's Supreme Court Uncovers 83 Boxes of Nazi-Era Materials During Museum Preparations

The rediscovered documents, seized in 1941, include propaganda and Nazi Party notebooks, now under expert analysis for Holocaust 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
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
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
The documents had been in the court's basement since 1941

Overview

  • Court staff found the 83 boxes, originally seized during World War II, while organizing archives for a museum project.
  • The shipment, sent by the German embassy in Tokyo in 1941, was confiscated by Argentine customs over concerns about wartime neutrality.
  • Contents include Nazi propaganda, photographs, postcards, and thousands of notebooks aimed at spreading Hitler’s ideology in Argentina.
  • Supreme Court President Horacio Rosatti has ordered the materials preserved and invited Holocaust experts to analyze them for potential links to unknown Nazi networks.
  • The discovery highlights Argentina's complex World War II history, including its neutrality until 1944 and its later role as a refuge for Nazi fugitives.