Overview

• The 2025 publication of 'Ultramar Sur' by journalists Juan Salinas and Carlos Di Napoli reveals previously unpublished Argentine naval interrogations and documents regarding the surrender of German submarines U-530 and U-977 in 1945.
• Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Joseph Stalin questioned Hitler's death in 1945, with Stalin speculating that Hitler escaped to Spain or Argentina via submarine.
• U-530 surrendered at Mar del Plata on July 10, 1945, with 53 crew members but little documentation, while U-977 arrived on August 17, 1945, with 16 empty berths, raising suspicions of clandestine passengers.
• The Argentine Navy initially retained the U-boats, but U.S. and U.K. governments demanded their immediate transfer, along with their crews, for further investigation.
• Argentina continues to investigate the destruction of dossiers on 49 Nazi fugitives, including Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele, and Erich Priebke, who entered the country after World War II under false identities.