Argentina's bungled hunt for Hitler's right-hand man Martin Bormann revealed in declassified files

Declassified Argentine files reveal the country's largely unsuccessful efforts to locate Nazi war criminals who sought refuge there after World War II. While the Peronist government often sympathized with and harbored these individuals, later administrations made half-hearted attempts to track them. The case of Martin Bormann, Hitler's powerful secretary, exemplifies Argentina's investigative inefficiencies. Despite being a high-priority target, the search for Bormann relied heavily on sensationalized press reports lacking concrete evidence. Intelligence agencies meticulously investigated these leads, attempting to verify aliases and corroborate information from various media sources. The files document extensive communication between government bodies as they tried to locate Bormann, who was believed to have escaped to Argentina after the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

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