These Were the Secret Nazi Colonies in South America
October 31, 2022 by Nicole Canún Hispanic Cultur
Not many people know there were secret Nazi colonies all across South America. To some, this might not even make sense or be clear as to why it was the case.
The Nazi were the members of a mass movement that resulted from the National Socialist German Worker’s Party. The party members ruled Germany under the leadership of totalitarian Adolf Hitler, who promoted nationalism, anti-Semitism, and war.
Occupying allies outlawed the Nazi party after World War II ended, condemning them for the murder of six million people during the Holocaust, and looked to convict high-level members and officials for their war crimes.
Meanwhile, the most wealthy and important members of the Nazi party, who anticipated legal prosecution against their actions, founded “ratlines”—or, escape routes—to flee from Europe.
Consequently, they established Nazi colonies in South America.
But why South America?
In 1946, the Allies published a list of 150,000 Nazi war criminals, of whom only 50,000 were found and judged. This means the rest either escaped or died—and experts speculate that around 10,000 of those missing fled to South America.
How could they have run away in a time when the whole world was turning their backs on them? In a time when everyone was making an effort to uncover war crimes on daily basis?
The answer to that question is: through the organization ODESSA. The ODESSA manpower had records of every location, person, and resource useful in the realization of the Nazis’ flight from Europe. People of each branch operated a different escape route. Otto Skorzeny, who was once Hitler’s personal bodyguard, began working for the president of Argentina, and ran his own escape route.
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