A team of archaeologists are currently investigating a series of newly discovered ruins in the Argentinian rainforest. Incan, maybe Spanish? It seems these ruins are a little more modern than that. Leader Daniel Schavelzon believes they have found the remains of a Nazi lair.
Argentina is a place where history and Nazi conspiracy often collide. There is a local legend that there was a house in the jungle that belonged to Martin Bormann, Hitler’s right hand man. Until now, there was no evidence for this myth.
Beneath the tangled undergrowth of the rainforest, close to the country’s border with Paraguay, the archaeologists have uncovered a series of stone structures, which contain a stash of German coins from the 1940s, broken porcelain stamped with “made in Germany” and Swastikas adorning the walls.
Schavelzon, from the University of Buenos Aires, said the Nazis had a secret project (yes another one) of building shelters around the world for pre-eminent members of the Nazi party to escape to if Germany happened to lose the war.
It seems, however, this hideout was not used or needed. Juan Peron openly welcomed over 5000 Nazis into Argentina after the end of the war, from the infamous Dr.Mengele spurring spurious rumours about twins, to Adolf Eichmann, the ‘mastermind’ behind the Final Solution, who was later captured, put to trial and executed by Israeli nationals.
Daniel Schavelzon/University of Buenos Aires Urban Archaeology Centre/Associated Press
Archaeologists uncover 'Nazi lair' in Argentina | The Rabbit Newspaper
A team of archaeologists are currently investigating a series of newly discovered ruins in the Argentinian rainforest. Incan, maybe Spanish? It seems these ruins are a little more modern than that. Leader Daniel Schavelzon believes they have found the remains of a Nazi lair.
Argentina is a place where history and Nazi conspiracy often collide. There is a local legend that there was a house in the jungle that belonged to Martin Bormann, Hitler’s right hand man. Until now, there was no evidence for this myth.
Beneath the tangled undergrowth of the rainforest, close to the country’s border with Paraguay, the archaeologists have uncovered a series of stone structures, which contain a stash of German coins from the 1940s, broken porcelain stamped with “made in Germany” and Swastikas adorning the walls.
Schavelzon, from the University of Buenos Aires, said the Nazis had a secret project (yes another one) of building shelters around the world for pre-eminent members of the Nazi party to escape to if Germany happened to lose the war.
It seems, however, this hideout was not used or needed. Juan Peron openly welcomed over 5000 Nazis into Argentina after the end of the war, from the infamous Dr.Mengele spurring spurious rumours about twins, to Adolf Eichmann, the ‘mastermind’ behind the Final Solution, who was later captured, put to trial and executed by Israeli nationals.
Daniel Schavelzon/University of Buenos Aires Urban Archaeology Centre/Associated Press