5 Notorious Nazis Who Escaped to South America

And it took decades to bring them justice.

When Nazi Germany was finally defeated in World War II, people closely associated with Adolph Hitler found it hard to remain in Europe and were on the run to flee to other continents. The best place they found for their safety was South American countries, particularly Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

Highly raking Nazi Officers, collaborators, party members, and other notorious war criminals found their way across the Atlantic and reached safe-havens.

Argentina was mostly crowded among other South American countries by the escaped Nazis. The country was already home to thousands of German immigrants. Argentina was the final destination for the Nazis because Argentine President Juan Perón was inspired fascist ideologies.

So, out of sympathy with the Nazis, after 1945, Argentine President created escape ways through Italian and Spanish ports with the help of his intelligence officers.

Not only that, but Vatican Rome, sometimes even knowingly, also helped the notorious Nazis to flee Europe and escape war crime justice.

However, history lacks evidence of whether Hitler himself escaped or met his doom in Europe.

But among the escapes, here is the list of five of the most notorious Nazi war criminals who escaped to South America.

After WWII, a Franciscan monk in Italy helped him process his application for an Argentine visa and got him a false Red Cross passport with a new name as Ricardo Klement. He reached Buenos Aires with his wife and four children and lived there working in the Mercedes-Benz…

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