Renewed Focus on CIA Files Highlights Persistent Hitler Survival Theories

Declassified documents from the 1950s resurface claims of Hitler sightings in South America, though historical evidence confirms his death in 1945.

Recently resurfaced CIA documents from the 1950s detail unverified claims of Adolf Hitler living in South America under an alias, including a purported photograph and witness accounts.
The CIA memos, which were declassified in 2017, describe secondhand reports from a former Nazi SS soldier but were deemed unreliable and dismissed by the agency at the time.
Historians and intelligence officials maintain that overwhelming evidence, including autopsy reports, confirms Hitler's suicide in Berlin in 1945.
The resurgence of these theories coincides with Argentina's announcement to declassify files on Nazi fugitives who sought refuge in the country after World War II.
Experts emphasize that while some Nazis escaped to South America via 'ratlines,' there is no credible evidence supporting claims that Hitler was among them.