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Hidden Trove of Suspected Nazi Artifacts Found in Argentina
ABC News ^ | Jun 20, 2017 | DEBORA REY

Posted on 06/20/2017 3:06:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler and magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas.

Some 75 objects were found in a collector's home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II.

"Our first investigations indicate that these are original pieces," Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich told The Associated Press on Monday, saying that some pieces were accompanied by old photographs. "This is a way to commercialize them, showing that they were used by the horror, by the fuhrer. There are photos of him with the objects."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: argentina; artifacts; boysfrombrazil; fake; godsgravesglyphs; nazi; steveguttenberg; worldwarii; wwii
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To: nickcarraway
re: "suspected Nazi artifacts"

Well obviously they are "Nazi artifacts"... but the question is whether they originated in Germany during the 3rd Reich and came to Argentina with some actual Nazi leader, or is there some other story?
21 posted on 06/20/2017 5:08:31 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Rebelbase

LOL, that was exactly what popped into my head, I was starting to look for the picture to post!


22 posted on 06/20/2017 5:21:52 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals are in a state of constant cognitive dissonance, which explains their mental instability.)
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To: nickcarraway

In the 1940s some South American nations leaned toward the fascist side. That is why so many Nazis fled to S A after the war.


23 posted on 06/20/2017 5:29:17 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: nickcarraway

Who? Top. Men.


24 posted on 06/20/2017 6:05:02 PM PDT by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; SJackson; Mr Apple; stephenjohnbanker

I hope this stuff remains in the possession of the collector, rather than confiscated and maybe shipped off to Israel where they’ll melt it down or something.


That’s a winner.


25 posted on 06/20/2017 6:55:31 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: nickcarraway

They are going to check the provenance.


26 posted on 06/20/2017 7:18:37 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Ouderkirk

While casually shopping in a Buenos Aires flea market one Sunday afternoon in 1988, I found a genuine nazi artifact. It is an oval pin, possibly silver. There is an eagle grasping a swastika in its talons; there are designs going up either side of the oval. It’s 2 1/2” X 2 1/2”. It looks as if it’s designed to be worn as a lapel pin on a greatcoat or on a winter .cap. There are no branch insignias. Any ideas?


27 posted on 06/20/2017 7:35:07 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Karl Spooner
Baby skewered on bayonet by a Jap.

One of the reasons we called them Japs; that is, when we wanted to be polite.

28 posted on 06/20/2017 7:37:43 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: luvbach1

Agreed. That was one of their favorite pastimes, throw a baby in the air and catch it with a bayonet.


29 posted on 06/20/2017 7:43:09 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That, and there a number of German communities peppered through much of Latin America: communities that were founded during the late 19th Century German migration.


30 posted on 06/20/2017 7:48:48 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Ouderkirk

I have a well worn Nazi flag that I found in my dad’s stuff after he passed away. My dad and uncles were WW2 veterans. I found out my uncle James brought it back from Europe, he served under Patton. The flag came from a German Flag Officer’s headquarters after our guys dispatched him and his staff to eternity. My uncle James cut it down and brought it home.


31 posted on 06/20/2017 10:06:48 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: wjcsux

Should you donate it to a museum?


32 posted on 06/21/2017 10:19:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
In the 1940s some South American nations leaned toward the fascist side.

So did a lot of our elite political families.

33 posted on 06/21/2017 3:56:43 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: nickcarraway
Should you donate it to a museum?

I had an uncle that brought home several items including a machine gun, I have no idea what kind I was just a kid at the time, he gave me a helmet I have no idea where it ended up, that was 70 years ago.

34 posted on 06/21/2017 4:11:02 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: itsahoot

I had a science teacher whose deceased husband brought back binoculars (I think Zeiss) from World War II. She had the Swastika removed before she brought it in for her classes to see.


35 posted on 06/21/2017 5:29:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: itsahoot

My friend’s father served in WWII (I never met him). He was in the Signal Corp. The father was Jewish, but he worse an SS ring he took of a dead German for the rest of his life.


36 posted on 06/21/2017 5:34:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I can remember a lot of stuff around peoples homes that GI’s fought back I don’t know anyone any more that displays only to it. I thought it was interesting how many weapons were brought back by those GI’s, poor security I guess :-)


37 posted on 06/21/2017 6:48:23 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s what I was thinking about what to with it. I have it carefully packaged in a plastic bag in a closet, it is a piece of history that should be displayed somewhere.


38 posted on 06/21/2017 10:23:40 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: nickcarraway

My dad brought home a pair of Zeiss binoculars, a German Mauser K98, and some gruesome photographs of hundreds of dead Jewish people, some piled up.


39 posted on 06/21/2017 10:43:39 PM PDT by weston (SO HERE'S THE STORY: As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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This topic was posted 6/20/2017, thanks nickcarraway.

40 posted on 12/10/2023 8:22:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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