Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
היה היה; במה צעירה להיסטוריה
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (תשסה) 90-107
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
War crime trials
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
A study based on Argentinian Foreign Ministry documents which became publicly available in 1997. Notes that Argentina's immigration policy did not distinguish between members of the Nazi Party and Nazi war criminals. From 1944 the government granted visas to thousands of Nazis, including ca. 50 war criminals. They refused to cooperate when they were asked to extradite some of these people. Among the reasons for refusal were the pro-German and anti-American feelings among Argentinians, and the influence of German individuals and companies on the government. While Argentina had close ties with Germany before and during the war, it then joined the U.S. in the fight against communism, obtaining more freedom of policy. In addition to Germans, it accepted many Nazi collaborators from communist countries and then refused to extradite them, ostensibly due to the fight against communism. War criminals, including Josef Mengele, felt secure in Argentina until the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann. In 1966 the government began to extradite criminals, but bureaucracy slowed the process.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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