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German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
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...
Contemporary reporting and archival summaries disagree on a precise tally, but multiple recent accounts and declassification efforts converge on a range: . Argentina’s 2025 release of files and ongoin...
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...
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...