A comprehensive analysis of declassified historical documents has shed light on previously unpublished details about the notorious Nazi doctor’s stay Joseph Mengele In Argentina. From the president’s order Javier Miley To be released soon 1,850 files About Nazi activities and secret decrees between 1957 and 2005, It was possible to access the file Nearly 400 pages Intended exclusively for war criminals. The investigation confirms that the local authorities not only knew the whereabouts of the “Angel of Death”, but that they also reached out to… A detailed intelligence file about him.
Mengele, famous for his horrific experiments on twins and prisoners at Auschwitz, He entered the country on June 22, 1949 Using an escape route known as “The Way of the Rats”. He did so under a false identity Helmut Gregor He is protected by an Italian passport and benefits from the post-war chaos. However, archives reveal that his identity farce was short-lived: by 1950, he already had an immigrant ID card under his pseudonym; 1955 I felt confident enough to ask for correction and Obtain documents with your real name and surname.
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Far from living in complete secrecy, the war criminal enjoyed life The wealthy and the public in the northern region Greater Buenos Aires spread Jerusalem Post. Documents indicate that he settled in the Al-Husari neighborhood Vicente Lopez With his brother’s widow, whom he married in Uruguay. His social inclusion included Commercial activity: Mengele is listed as the director of a medical laboratory called Vadro FarmIt is located in the city of Karapacay.
The complicity of the Argentine state, or at least its knowledge of its existence, is clear Resolution of saved files. The folders include copies of their passports under pseudonyms, photographs of their circle of collaborators, handwritten operational memos, and official communications between local officials and international investigators. The level of detail shows that Govt His true identity has been confirmed And their movements within the national territory.
The papers also include the heartbreaking testimony of jose Formansky, A Polish survivor living in Argentina met the doctor. Furmansky described to the authorities the horror of seeing Mengele in Auschwitz, in his SS uniform and white coat, selecting mothers and daughters for himself. Send them to death And conduct lethal experiments. “We will never forget him,” the witness declared, stressing that. The Nazi presence in Buenos Aires was an open secret for the victims.
The end of his stay in Argentina came in 1959, when he asked for permission to travel to West Germany to visit his father. This movement alerted the Federal Republic of Germany, which requested it to do so Official delivery. However, by the time Argentine security forces prepared to operate at the registered address, the criminal had already disappeared, beginning a new phase of escape across the South American continent that would allow him to do so. He dies free after decades.
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The protection network is in Paraguay and the end is in Brazil
After escaping Buenos Aires, Mengele crossed the border into… Paraguay In 1959, he found refuge under the wing of the dictator Alfredo Stroessner. The connection was not a coincidence: their families came from the same city in Bavaria, which made it easier for the Nazi doctor to obtain Paraguayan citizenship and He lived protected under a new pseudonymWhile his family moved to Switzerland.
The siege was tightened again in 1960, after the Mossad’s arrest Adolf Eichmann In Argentina. Fearing the same fate, Mengele He fled to BrazilHis entry was facilitated by a network of German farmers sympathetic to the Nazis. There he built an identity Peter Hochbichler She managed to stay under the radar of Nazi hunters for almost 20 years.
The war criminal’s life ended by accident in 1979, when he was wounded Stroke While swimming on a Brazilian beach. He was buried under an assumed name Wolfgang GerhardtThe world was certain of its fate 1985When the Brazilian authorities exhumed the body and confirmed that the remains belonged to the sadistic Auschwitz doctor.
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