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Josef Mengele's escape

Josef Mengele fled via Italy and lived in Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil before dying in Brazil in 1979.

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How many high-ranking Nazi officials fled to South America after WWII and who were they?

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...

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Which high-profile Nazis lived in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, or Chile and what were their fates?

A number of high-profile and collaborators established postwar lives in , , and ; some were later captured, extradited, assassinated or died in hiding while others evaded justice for decades, helped b...