Why did so many Nazis choose to escape to Argentina, and how did they manage to escape over the Atlantic undetected?
In: 3074
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp)
>Alfried was condemned to 12 years in prison and the “forfeiture of all [his] property both real and personal,” making him a pauper. Two years later, on 31 January 1951, John J. McCloy, High Commissioner of the American zone of occupation, issued an amnesty to the Krupp defendants. Much of Alfried’s industrial empire was restored, but he was forced to transfer some of his fortune to his siblings, and he renounced arms manufacturing.
>
>By this time, West Germany’s Wirtschaftswunder had begun, and the Korean War had shifted the United States’s priority from denazification to anti-Communism. German industry was seen as integral to western Europe’s economic recovery, the limit on steel production was lifted, and the reputation of Hitler-era firms and industrialists was rehabilitated.
Saying they “escaped” to Argentina is bs, its more like they migrated to Argentina. This example shows a Nazi released just after serving 2 years in prison because they needed him to run his company. Other Nazis similarly needed to run the country.
By the time Cold war started just right after WW2 ended, there was no real interest in hunting down Nazi’s. The focus was on anti communism, who cares about Nazis at that point?
Latest Answers