Why Did So Many N*zis Escape To Argentina?

When World War II ended in 1945, leading Nazi officials and prominent members of the party were either found dead, were arrested, or in many cases, had simply vanished.
Those who were arrested faced justice for their war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials. There were those who escaped however, who were never found, and never experienced retribution for their horrific actions during the war.
It seems almost unreal that such prominent, well-known individuals could just disappear. But, unfortunately, not everyone was horrified by the Nazi’s actions and despite the war ending, these men still had friends in high places willing to help them take on new identities.
Usually, these Nazis ended up scattered across the world with a large number heading to North and South American countries including Brazil and Paraguay. But the most popular, and most researched, escapee destination was Argentina.

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Credit:
Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Robert De Graff
Narrator: Rex Randanvo

[jorgequiroz]

My argentine grandfather speaks both German and Spanish, and has a strong love for germany I dont know why ?

[drjamespotter]

In Argentina, it is considered rude to ask a lady her age and a gentleman his grandfather's rank in the Waffen SS.

[disgruntled_veteran]

I had a student who's great grandfather served in the German military and then he escaped to Argentina after the war. She says that he wouldn't tell any of the family members what he did in the military. She said that she doesn't want to know in case he was involved in the Holocaust.

[Lowfly-f]

I bet somewhere in Argentina someone's grandchild is still wondering why their grandfather had a uniform with two thunderbolts in them.

[juanperonistaradical]

US and USSR: Argentina, why you do that?

Also US and USSR: Welcomes scientists and researchers from the germans*

[hodan.h]

Things to never ask: A woman her age, a man his wage, and why a blue eyed person has a German last name in Argentina

[spookyengie]

Unironically have a close friend from Chile whom grandpa was a low ranking SS officer, he didn't face trial or anything since he was station in Munich for the majority of the war. He moved to Argentina in 1958 since he didn't like the way West germany was becoming. He work as a butcher in Bariloche for around 7 years, then he met a second generation german lady who live in Valparaiso, Chile. They fall in love, got married and moved to valparaiso. Their son moved to Santiago and have a kid, the kid is my friend. I got transferred to the same school as him when my mom move to chile for work, i got to know him and we became close friend, i got to know his family and often visit them when i was still living in chile. Nowadays i move back to my home country but we still keep in touch. His grandpa sadly passed away in 2017 due to lung cancer.

[LeonidasArg]

Summary of the reasons:

- Pro-fascist government (Peron)
- Desire for technology and scientific knowledge (like all the allies did with Germans tbh)
- Safest place to escape
- There were generations of Germans living in Argentina even before Germany existed as a nation in 1871

[williammerkel]

The fact that you have to censor that in the video title shows just how childish YouTube can be

[Bazinguh]

Dawg in the thumbnail really went thru his farming arc 🔥

[ernestw]

There was a game called Rainbow Six Raven Shield where it also involved a WW2 war criminal fled to South America where he used his fortune to create neo-fascism and worldwide terrorism, but in the end he was shot dead. I like how Ubisoft game got this inspiration for this amazing game.

[AOT_HxH]

The ones in Brazil are interesting as well. My favorite story is Franz Stangl, the Kommandant of Treblinka. He was only found because his ex son in law who Stangl convinced his daughter to divorce from ratted him out to Simon Wiesenthal for revenge.

[oliversherman]

If you're Argentinian, don't ask your grandfather what he was doing from 1939 - 1945

[thecommissaruk]

My Argentinan Uncle Hermann certainly had quite a collection of WWII memorabilia. All from one side, strangely enough...

[twinsen]

Small correction but the hate for jews here (while it was still there) wasn't as big as the video makes it out to be, as Argentina had a large jewish population, and in fact, many jews escaped to Argentina as well. We didn't welcome them out of the goodness of our hearts of course, they just brough money with them, which is always in need in here.

We made our own Operation Paperclip in a way. The Nazis took the Americans to space, and they gave Argentina the Pulqui fighter jet, and the Huemul nuclear project.

[Elmesiasdelgol]

As an Argentine with German great-grandparents from Volga river in Russia, I think this will be a funny video for me

[LoveEarthHereAndNow]

I really like these videos, and this channel! I like the cadence, the animation, and the focus.

[ExtantPerson]

Argentinian first names: 🇪🇸💃🕺🇦🇷
Argentinian last names: 🫡🥸🪖🙋🏼‍♂️

[theskullboy]

Magneto: I lost my family one night. Do you know who took them from me? Pig farms.

[manicmechanic]

We had a guy in Oak Ridge TN, a few years ago, get repatriated back to Germany. There's only one reason why they would do that.