The documents say that Hitler might not have committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and fled to Argentina in a submarine with his henchmen.
The FBI has declassified documents, from which it follows that after the Second World War, the department was working on a version of Hitler's escape.
The documents say that Hitler might not have committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and fled to Argentina in a submarine with his henchmen. The materials are published by the Daily Star.
According to the US department, the Nazi leader could have escaped five months after he allegedly committed suicide in a Berlin bunker. The dossier is dated September 21, 1945, and opened two weeks after Japan's surrender.
Also in the materials it is written that after the escape, Hitler allegedly lived in the foothills of the Andes for many years. The archive contains letters from former FBI director John Edgar Hoover to his subordinates.
In the correspondence, the counterintelligence officers informed the military intelligence that they had received a report on Hitler's “arrival” in Argentina, allegedly 2.5 weeks after the fall of Berlin.
The report said that two submarines arrived on the shores of Argentina, after which several of them were taken by horse to the Andes.
The materials also clarify that Hitler was surrounded by 50 confidants and their family members who fled from the Third Reich. The Nazi leader was severely emaciated and ill.
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The classified information in the report came from a source who was seeking "immunity from persecution by the Argentine authorities."
Among the escorts were six Argentine officials who organized a refuge for the Nazi leader.
Nevertheless, after numerous checks, the FBI found this information unreliable and unproven. In the conclusion of the department it is said about "the impossibility of continuing the search for Hitler due to incomplete information."
Anastasia Evdokimova
