A series of boxes with material linked to Nazism that would have entered Argentina in 1941 were recently discovered In the archives of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in the midst of a move from the Maximum Court Archivesaid Sunday the highest court.
The finding occurred fortuitously during the preparatory move process for the works of the future Supreme Court Museum.
“When opening one of the boxes, Material was identified to consolidate and spread the ideology of Adolf Hitler in Argentinain the middle of World War II, “said the statement.
The material composed of 83 boxes would have been sent by the German embassy in Tokyo and would have arrived in the country on June 20, 1941 aboard the Japanese ship Nan-A-Maru.
In August 1941, there were notebooks of the National Socialist Socialist Party Alemán abroad, organizations of the Socialist Party, postcards and photos with Nazi propaganda. At that time, the German embassy tried to recover the shipment, but the Argentine justice ordered its seizure.
After the discovery, the preservation and creation of an inventory to determine was arranged If the documents provide unpublished data on the Holocaust or the Nazism financing networks.
“The Holocaust Museum was specifically summoned to collaborate in the investigation of the recently discovered material and its historical relevance “, The statement pointed out.
