Argentine Supreme Court Uncovers Nazi Propaganda in Archives Ahead of Museum Project

Argentina’s Supreme Court has uncovered a cache of Nazi-era documents, including propaganda materials used to promote Adolf Hitler’s ideology during World War II, a judicial source told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The discovery was made as part of preparations to create a museum dedicated to the court’s historical documents. According to the judicial authority — who spoke on condition of anonymity due to internal court policies — the materials include postcards, photographs, and printed propaganda believed to have been used to spread Nazi ideology within Argentina.

Some of the content appears to have been specifically created to “consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler’s ideology in Argentina, in the midst of World War II,” the official said.

The documents are thought to be linked to a shipment of 83 packages that arrived in Buenos Aires on June 20, 1941. The boxes were sent from the German Embassy in Tokyo via the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru. At the time, the German diplomatic mission in Argentina claimed the packages contained personal items, but the Customs and Ports Division withheld them from release.

The president of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, has ordered the preservation of the materials and a full historical analysis. The court has not publicly commented on the findings, but officials say the materials will be studied as part of the broader museum initiative.

Argentina has a complex historical relationship with the legacy of Nazi Germany. After World War II, the country became a refuge for numerous high-ranking Nazi officials who fled Europe, including Adolf Eichmann, who was captured in Buenos Aires by Israeli agents in 1960.