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Argentina turns over documents on Nazism to Buenos Aires Holocaust museum
Parliament gave Shoah museum files from between 1941-3 from a commission proving far-right influence in the country
By JTA
July 7, 2019, 9:26 am
Palace of the Argentine National Congress (Wikipedia/GameOfLight_
Argentina’s national parliament gave to the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires historic documents generated between 1941 and 1943 by a commission that investigated the Nazi influence in the country.
The Special Commission of the National Congress of Anti-Argentine Activities, was created with “the purpose of investigating and combating the penetration of extremist ideologies in the country, fundamentally those of Nazi-Fascist inspiration.”
Between 1941 and 1943 the parliamentary commission followed up on the denunciations and dissemination of Nazi activities in the country, with results recorded in four reports. They were digitised under an agreement with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. in 2015.
At the National Parliament on Tuesday a cooperation agreement was signed by the vice president of the Lower Chamber, Luis Petri, and the president of the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum, Marcelo Mindlin.
More:
https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/argentina-turns-over-documents-on-nazism-to-buenos-aires-holocaust-museum/