The Supreme Court in Argentina finds more than 80 boxes of Nazi materials on the basement

The court said on Sunday that dozens of Nazi material funds were confiscated by the Argentine authorities during World War II, which were recently discovered in the basement of the Supreme Court.

83 boxes were sent by the German embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 on the Japanese ship NAN-ARUU, according to the date on which the court managed to assemble, in a statement.

At that time, the large shipment drew the attention of the authorities, who were afraid that its contents would affect the neutrality of Argentina in the war.

Despite the allegations at the time from German diplomats representatives that the boxes carry personal things, the Argentine customs authorities have searched five random boxes.

They found postcards, photographs and advertising materials from the Nazi regime, as well as thousands of laptops belonging to the Nazi party. A federal judge was confiscated, and the matter was referred to the Supreme Court.

It was not immediately evident that the elements were sent to Argentina or what the Supreme Court took, if any, at that time.

Eighty -four years later, the court staff coincided with the boxes while preparing for the Supreme Court Museum.

“When one of the boxes was opened, we identified the materials aimed at uniting and spreading the ideology of Adolf Hitler in Argentina during World War II,” the court said.

The court has now transferred the boxes to an equipped room with additional security measures, and called on the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires to participate in preserving it and its stock.

Experts will also examine any evidence about the aspects that are still derived from the Holocaust, such as the international financing networks used by the Nazis.

Argentina remained neutral in World War II until 1944, when relations with the axis forces were broken. The state in South America announced the war on Germany and Japan the following year.

From 1933 to 1954, according to the Holocaust Museum, 40,000 Jews entered Argentina as they escaped from Nazi persecution in Europe. Argentina is home to the largest number of Jews in Latin America.