Extreme Punishment In Argentina

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World War Two ends, and everyone know that that the Allied powers won, and that we saved the lives of millions of people, and ended one of the most horrific events in history. What sometimes gets overlooked, or even forgotten is that World War Two didn’t just end in one day, and all the bad guys disappear and the world is back to normal. In the aftermath of World War Two many Nazis disappeared with international help, some of which are still being discovered today, this is their story.
As the war ends, many prominent and wealthy Nazi leaders needed to escape, they faced extreme punishment and often execution in Germany, for all the evil they did. During the war, Nazis were famous for stealing from Jews, as they came to concentration camps, …show more content…

Other harboring South American countries included: Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia. Throughout the years preceding the war, Argentina became the home of many war criminals. Argentina was actually quite willing to except these people, for several reasons. During the war, Argentina sided with Axis powers, although they were never directly involved in the war. They did this because of similar cultural connections with Germany, Spain and Italy. The majority of Argentines had a background of Spanish, Italian, or German heritage. Germany was careful to keep good relations with Argentina throughout the war.
After the war ended, there were many powerful people in Europe that were not directly involved with the Nazi cause, but still supported their cause… even after the war ended. These people continued to support that group, even after Axis powers lost the war. This is one of the main reasons many Nazi’s were able to escape Germany, …show more content…

These were trials held in Germany to convict Nazi war criminals and bring them to justice. They were a collection of 13 trials, from 1945-1949. The defendants included: Nazi party officials, high ranking military officers, and Nazi lawyers and doctors. The most commonly indicted on charges of peace crimes against humanity, and murder. Strangely, these trials were slightly controversial at that time, but today they are not. Through these trials we were able to verify forced labor programs and a larger plan to take over the