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President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)
After World War II, multiple South American countries became destinations for Nazi officials fleeing prosecution; , with additional evidence that hosted fugitives through ratlines and supportive netwo...
Estimates of how many Nazis fled to South America after World War II vary widely; several sources cite figures up to about 9,000 people spirited out of Europe, with specific allocations such as “as ma...
Juan Perón’s 1946–1955 administrations are repeatedly linked in the available reporting to active facilitation of Nazi and fascist emigration to Argentina: scholars and archives describe Argentina as ...
Historical reporting and scholarship agree that several South American countries provided refuge or facilitated escape routes for Nazi fugitives after 1945, with Argentina most frequently named, and B...
After 1945 a network of escape routes known as “ratlines” carried fleeing Nazis and collaborators into South America, with Argentina the best-documented destination and Brazil, Chile and Paraguay also...
Estimates and archival releases suggest thousands of Nazi officials and collaborators reached South America after World War II, with some sources reporting as many as 9,000 individuals passing through...
Historians treat populism as a recurring political style that claims to represent “the people” against a corrupt elite, and they identify both continuity—anti-elite rhetoric, mass mobilization, and pe...
After World War II, networks called "ratlines" carried thousands of Axis fugitives from Europe to South America; Catholic clergy and some Vatican-linked institutions played visible roles in parts of t...
After World War II, many Nazis and collaborators fled to South America via so‑called “ratlines,” and their postwar outcomes ranged from decades of impunity and local integration to eventual capture an...