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Argentina to declassify documents about Nazi escape lines after WWII
Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.
Busts of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler discovered by police in 2017 are displayed during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2, 2019. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
Argentina has announced it will move to declassify all government documents relating to Nazi fugitives who settled in Argentina after World War II.
The announcement follows up on a promise made by Argentinian President Javier Milei last month that he will grant access to documents related to the financing of the so-called “ratlines” that helped Nazis escape Europe after the Holocaust.
Argentina’s Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Guillermo Francos says President Javier Milei had ordered the release and declassification of the archives, including documents detailing banking and financial transactions and records held by Argentina’s Defense Ministry.
