Hidden Trove of Suspected Nazi Artifacts Found in Argentina

ABC News ^ | Jun 20, 2017 | DEBORA REY

[nickcarraway]

In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler and magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas.

Some 75 objects were found in a collector's home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II.

"Our first investigations indicate that these are original pieces," Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich told The Associated Press on Monday, saying that some pieces were accompanied by old photographs. "This is a way to commercialize them, showing that they were used by the horror, by the fuhrer. There are photos of him with the objects."

[Enchante]

re: "suspected Nazi artifacts"

Well obviously they are "Nazi artifacts"... but the question is whether they originated in Germany during the 3rd Reich and came to Argentina with some actual Nazi leader, or is there some other story?

[rlmorel]

LOL, that was exactly what popped into my head, I was starting to look for the picture to post!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

In the 1940s some South American nations leaned toward the fascist side. That is why so many Nazis fled to S A after the war.

[farming pharmer]

Who? Top. Men.

[MarvinStinson]

I hope this stuff remains in the possession of the collector, rather than confiscated and maybe shipped off to Israel where they’ll melt it down or something.

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That’s a winner.

[Lisbon1940]

They are going to check the provenance.

[Ax]

While casually shopping in a Buenos Aires flea market one Sunday afternoon in 1988, I found a genuine nazi artifact. It is an oval pin, possibly silver. There is an eagle grasping a swastika in its talons; there are designs going up either side of the oval. It’s 2 1/2” X 2 1/2”. It looks as if it’s designed to be worn as a lapel pin on a greatcoat or on a winter .cap. There are no branch insignias. Any ideas?

[luvbach1]

Baby skewered on bayonet by a Jap.

One of the reasons we called them Japs; that is, when we wanted to be polite.

[Karl Spooner]

Agreed. That was one of their favorite pastimes, throw a baby in the air and catch it with a bayonet.

[Army Air Corps]

That, and there a number of German communities peppered through much of Latin America: communities that were founded during the late 19th Century German migration.

[wjcsux]

I have a well worn Nazi flag that I found in my dad’s stuff after he passed away. My dad and uncles were WW2 veterans. I found out my uncle James brought it back from Europe, he served under Patton. The flag came from a German Flag Officer’s headquarters after our guys dispatched him and his staff to eternity. My uncle James cut it down and brought it home.

[nickcarraway]

Should you donate it to a museum?

[itsahoot]

In the 1940s some South American nations leaned toward the fascist side.

So did a lot of our elite political families.

[itsahoot]

Should you donate it to a museum?

I had an uncle that brought home several items including a machine gun, I have no idea what kind I was just a kid at the time, he gave me a helmet I have no idea where it ended up, that was 70 years ago.

[nickcarraway]

I had a science teacher whose deceased husband brought back binoculars (I think Zeiss) from World War II. She had the Swastika removed before she brought it in for her classes to see.

[nickcarraway]

My friend’s father served in WWII (I never met him). He was in the Signal Corp. The father was Jewish, but he worse an SS ring he took of a dead German for the rest of his life.

[itsahoot]

I can remember a lot of stuff around peoples homes that GI’s fought back I don’t know anyone any more that displays only to it. I thought it was interesting how many weapons were brought back by those GI’s, poor security I guess :-)

[wjcsux]

That’s what I was thinking about what to with it. I have it carefully packaged in a plastic bag in a closet, it is a piece of history that should be displayed somewhere.

[weston]

My dad brought home a pair of Zeiss binoculars, a German Mauser K98, and some gruesome photographs of hundreds of dead Jewish people, some piled up.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 6/20/2017, thanks nickcarraway.

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