Why Did Nazi Officers Flee to Argentina after World War 2?
South America — The Nazi Safe Haven.
After the end of World War 2, one thing was very apparent: the Nazis had to pay for the war crimes that they had committed. The crackdown on the Axis powers and their war crimes through mass trials would eventually come to be known as the Nuremberg Trials. Germans who had committed mass human rights violations and subjected millions of Jews and other minorities to the worst form of oppression were now being held accountable. Most of them were given the death sentence or life imprisonment. Hence, being caught after the war meant that you would either be hanged or would spend the rest of your life in captivity.
With the Allied armies closing in on Germany, the remnants of the Nazi party, including a lot of prominent members, looked for a safe haven. In Europe, they saw no safety for themselves; in the East, the Japanese conflict was raging; in the West, the USA had a stronghold. The only place that geographically made sense was South America. However, there are many other reasons apart from geography that the Axis power fled to South America, especially Argentina. Let’s take a look at them.
