Argentina was a destination for Germans, Croats, Italians, and Slovaks who served the state apparatus and militaries of Axis Europe.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Sources show Argentina became a refuge for Germans who served in the Wehrmacht or SS and for Croatian Ustaše regime members, including Ante Pavelić, who had served the Axis state. Sources do not address Italians or Slovaks specifically, and nothing contradicts those parts of the claim, so the core assertion holds.
What was said
… But That said, it was much more of a... Respected convention. You know, 60 years ago, 70 years ago. And um, Argentina, obviously. Is in the new world, but it it was very much a European country culturally. I mean, that's one of the reasons why so many. Why, why so many, um. The Germans ended up there, you know, as well as Croats and Italians and Slovaks, and other people who were. You know, um, who serve the, the, the state apparatus, the militaries of the, of Access Europe, um. But this, um, something that weakened the central motif to bring it back a bit. About the 6 million, it wasn't just that Zelensky is not, was not a credible witness and. Even though he wasn't, even though he wasn't available to be cross examined. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The NARA finding aid states that after the war Argentina became a refuge for escaping Nazis and for those who had collaborated with them, naming Ante Pavelić.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia reports that more than 300 Nazi fugitives fled to Argentina, and that members of Croatia's Ustaše regime, including its leader Ante Pavelić, were included.[2]
Supports. Academic work on German emigration reports that thousands of German speakers migrated to Argentina after the Third Reich's collapse, and that most were men who had served in the Wehrmacht, SS, or Waffen-SS.[3][4]
Supports. ThoughtCo describes Nazis and wartime collaborators from France, Croatia, Belgium and other parts of Europe seeking refuge in Argentina under Perón's regime.[5]
Context. No source addresses Italians or Slovaks as service members of Axis-era state apparatus or militaries; this detail is unconfirmed but not contradicted.
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1RG 84: Argentinaarchives.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Argentina during World War II - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3From Hitler to the Junta and back: memories of a Wehrmacht Veteran in Argentinatandfonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4German Emigration to Argentina and the Illegal Brain Drain to the Plate, 1945–1955vr-elibrary.de · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Why Did Nazis Go to Argentina After WWII? - ThoughtCothoughtco.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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