Argentina's top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement

[Judi Lynn]

6:22 pm today

Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.

The 83 boxes were sent by the Germany embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard the Japanese steamship "Nan-a-Maru," according to the history that the court was able to piece together, it said in a statement.

At the time, the large shipment drew the attention of authorities, who feared its contents could affect Argentina's neutrality in the war.

Despite claims at the time from German diplomatic representatives that the boxes held personal items, Argentine customs authorities searched five boxes at random.

They found postcards, photographs and propaganda material from the Nazi regime, as well as thousands of notebooks belonging to the Nazi party. A federal judge confiscated the materials, and referred the matter to the Supreme Court.

More:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/560736/argentina-s-top-court-finds-80-boxes-of-nazi-materials-in-its-basement

[bucolic_frolic]

1. They must have had quite a court system. Somebody did their job. /nt