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,
magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a
macabre medical device used to measure head size.
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...
The investigation that culminated in the discovery of the collection
began when authorities found artworks of illicit origin in a gallery in
north Buenos Aires.
Agents with the international police force Interpol began following the
collector and with a judicial order raided the house on June 8. A large
bookshelf caught their attention and behind it agents found a hidden
passageway to a room filled with Nazi imagery...
The main hypothesis among investigators and member of Argentina's Jewish
community is that they were brought to Argentina by a high-ranking Nazi
or Nazis after World War II, when the South American country became a
refuge for fleeing war criminals, including some of the best known.
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