A good place to start to give a little bit of balance......
 Argentina’s Disappearing Odessa Files. In many ways the best article/review of Uki Goñi's, The Real Odessa "The Real Odessa", key recent book on the Nazi's & Argentina. This lengthy article by Max Paul Friedman, Department of History, Florida State University, details clearly the process of Perón's involvement with the Nazi's. He makes interesting parallels with the use of Germans by the USA, USSR and France after 1945 to question whyPerón's support for the Germans is criticised outside Argentina when the others is not.
 Perón and the Nazi's: by Mark Falcoff from Time Magazine. How the European fascist sensibility found new roots and new life in the South Atlantic region.- Axis Ties with Argentina. Foreign Policy Reports Contemporary report from February 1, 1946 by the US Foreign Policy Association. Indicates the concern in the US of Axis involvement in Argentina.
- Wiesenthal Foundation The articles on this site from the Wiesenthal Foundation contain information about Argentina's involvement with Nazi agents during and after World War II. In the search enter write "Argentina" + "Nazi" for a very full listing of articles.
 Präsident Peróns Netzwerk für Nazis German article from Die Welt on the network Peron set up for escaping nazi's.- Evita Perón ebnet der braunen Elite Fluchtwege aus Europa (How Evita smoothed the path for Nazi refugees). Brief article based on German TV programme
- The Straight Dope: What’s the true story on South American Nazis Laid back presentation, but a good, balanced summary of research so far.
- Evita, the Swiss and the Nazis Nazi-hunter John Loftus has charged that the First Lady of the Pampas and His Holiness discussed the care and feeding of the Nazi faithful in Argentina
- Evita, Swiss & the Nazis By Georg Hodel Based, in part, on a Swiss German-language documentary directed by Frank Garbely and entitled "Evitas Geheimnis - Die Schweizer Reise", this looks at Eva Perons visit to switzerland and its secret links with the nazi escape line to Argentina
- New Look at Argentine-Nazi ties In "The German Connection: The Laundering of Nazi Money in Argentina," Gaby Weber, a German journalist, argues that the Perón dictatorship sponsored an operation to move illicitly obtained wealth to Argentina and then back to Germany. For nearly a decade, her book asserts, German-made cars, trucks, buses and even the machinery for entire factories flowed into Argentina, paid for with dollars that were then used to help finance the "German economic miracle." from The New York Times
- The Peróns: Argentina’s Populist Power Couple " Were the Peróns really so bad? Or have they merely been smeared because the populist Perón was not unfriendly to the Third Reich?" Analysis by Robert K. Logan in The Barnes review. §
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2. The Nazi's in Argentina 
Escape to Argentina
 Ratlines Not normally keen to suggest Wikipedia, this is a good overview to familiarise you with names, places and events in the smuggling out of nazis to south America and the role of key participants like the Vatican.- Granta: The Real Odessa Article by Uki Goni on the Nazi flight to Argentina. Based on his book of same name, Odessa Clear description of the origins and development of the escape route. From the Jewish Virtual Library
- The Great Escape. Sunday Times article by John Crossland looks at the exodus to south America shown in Uki Goni's Real Odessa book.
- Nazi Smuggling Ring Is Back in Spotlight Peron's intelligence agency helped bring Adolf Eichmann and other war criminals into Argentina, documents reveal History News Network, LA Times article by Hector Tobar.
- Hunting for Nazi submarines in Argentina. 2000 article from the Norwegian Institute of Technology which was involved in looking (200Km off the coast of Buenos Aires) for the wrecks of seven submarines said to have transported about 350 German Nazi officers to Argentina after World War II. By Nina E. Tveter
- Why did the pope help Nazis escape? Michael Phayer looks at the role of Pius XII in assisting Nazi's to escape Europe
- The World War II Pope and Nazi Genocide By Paul Siegel reviewing (in depth) John Cornwell's, "Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII.
- CIA's Support to the Nazi War Criminal Investigations Kevin C. Ruffner gives an analysis (on the CIA's own web) of the research into US/CIA support at the end of the war for nazi criminal escapes.
- Remarks before the Nazi War Criminals Interagency Working Group (Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, 1999) Mark Weitzman illustrates connections between the Vatican, CIA and South America in providing an exit "rat-run" fro nazi's.
 Como entró un nazi belga How the Belgian war criminal Jean-Jules Lecompe was officially accepted into Argentina in 1947, despite arriving with false papers. From the Argentine Página/12 but Google translates easily.- Escape Dossiers In late 2002, the Wiesenthal Center asked the Argentine government to open 58 Nazi-related secret documents. Of these, 49 were immigration dossiers of World War II criminals who entered the country under the protection of former president Juan Perón. This is an update on investigation progress.
Nazi's in Argentina
- 'The Activities of Nazism in Argentina' Statement by Ignacio Klich, Academic Coordinator of the Commission of Enquiry into the Activities of Nazism in Argentina
- The "Nazi" Menace in Argentina,1931-1947 learned and, despite the title, it is in Spanish!
- Why the Nazis felt at home Nicholas Lezard of the The Guardian anatomises the links Goñi draws between Nazi Germany and Argentina in The Real Odessa
- Nazis en la Argentina Article from the Argentine national daily, La Nación
Argentina y los nazis by Daniel Frescó. Useful article from Radio Netherlands. Googles clearly into English.
- Argentine documentary sheds light on mystery of Nazi gold By Hernan di Bello Article on the film "Oro nazi en Argentina" (Nazi Gold in Argentina), which will compete in several international film festivals before appearing in cinemas This is the first documentary to look at the subject "from a Latin American point of view." See trailer here from the film (but takes ages to load!)
- Nazi Gold Stories From Argentina Tabloid & sensationalist, but intriguing...
- Fugitive Nazi cult leader arrested Paul Schfer, an 84-year-old German, originally escaped to Chile, but was arrested in Buenos Aires, March 2005 (see also this BBC report: Secrets of ex-Nazi's Chilean fiefdom)
Hitler's refugee scientists who worked for Perόn
- The Pulqui story. Brief history of the industrial project that for so many proved the economic "signature" policy of Peron: the attempt to build a domestic jet industry (using exiled German engineers). Heavily subsidised, it eventually failed in tandem with Peron. Good images, drawings and links to YouTube videos of Pulqui I & II!
- Naranjeros, Gauchos and Indians By Hernán Longoni. This detailed article describes the development of an Argentine Flying Wing and other (German engineer led) aviation projects after 1945.
- Argentina: Why so much theater? Gary Weber article looking at the role of the US (echoes of North Korea policy: US would provide uranium for "peaceful purposes if Argentina closed down its - German led - nuclear programme) in ending of the contracts with German engineers after the fall of Peron in 1955. Also shows the covert US involvement in the 1960 siezure of Eichmann.
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3. Individual Nazis & Argentina
Eichmann
 Adolf Eichmann Information on the Nazi war criminal and his life from the Nizkor Project. §- Eichmann: From Capture to Trial. Part of a complete pack on info re Eichmann by US Public Service TV. Well presented
 The Capture of Adolf Eichmann Detailed account from the Jewish Virtual Library- The blind refugee's secret By Yossi Melman A recently published book casts a shadow on the Mossad's success in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, favoring the individual who the author feels deserves the credit for exposing the Nazi criminal.From Ha'aretz
- Gestapo chief on trial in Jerusalem Interesting presentation of original news articles on Eichmann trial, easy to read and use, from the Times with images and context pieces set out in the form of a newspaper front page. (At the moment this is free access but could change...).Has Slide Show
Mengele
Priebke
- Erich Priebke account of nazi past and time in Bariloche, Argentina from Jewish Virtual library.
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4. Contemporary Argentina's response to the Nazi influence
 Argentina confronts Nazi haven by Uki Goni in Buenos Aires for Guardian Unlimited.- Granta interview with Uki Goñi, February 2003 on publication of The Real Odessa, Uki Goñi’s investigation into the complicated network that delivered Nazi war criminals to Argentina
 Argentina probes cover-up NPR (radio report but has transcipt on the page) Argentina's president orders an investigation into whether government employees secretly destroyed files on Nazi war criminals who fled to the country after World War II. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.- Argentina's Disappearing Odessa Files H Net review by max Friedman developed review of the Uki Goni Real Odessa book.A Culture of Impunity Article in English from the Argentine newspaper Página/12 about Argentina's presidential Secretary of Culture, Torcuato Di Tella, who defended two Croatian war criminals, in a letter sent to US Representative Maurice Hinchey. In Spanish: La cultura de la impunidad
- Argentina asked again for files article from Philadelphia Inquirer. §
- Argentina Balks at Opening Files New York Times
- Archivo Odessa Article on the research being done by the Argentine government into 7,250 nazi Croatians admitted to postwar Argentina, among them some of the worst assassins of Europe. From the ArgentinePágina/12 but google translates easily. Click here for the Google English version.
- Argentine Jews Fix Records Uki Goñi article about Jewish immigrants during the Peron years who had to register as Catholic. Only now is the record being corrected.
 Ukinet Uki Goñi, an Argentine journalist who grew up in the US and Argentina is currently the key researcher into the Nazi link with Argentina. His work appears in print in Peron y los Alemanes and most recently in The Real Odessa. Ukinet is his website. It also links to other articles on the topic - in French and Italian too - (including the theme of how accessible Argentine files on the subject are). These links are constantly updated and have been the source of many of the links on this page. Unfortunately the links to this key site change frequently.
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Pre independence to Perón
The Peróns: casahistoria links to the Argentina of Juan Perón and his wife Eva Duarte, Evita
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