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Center says files show 12,000 Nazis' assets

A global human rights organization revealed files found in Argentina containing the names of 12,000 Nazis from the 1930s, many with Swiss bank accounts.

Researchers say these files name 12,000 Nazis in Argentina in the 1930s, many with Swiss accounts
Researchers say these files name 12,000 Nazis in Argentina in the 1930s, many with Swiss accounts (AN/Simon Wiesenthal Center)

GENEVA (AN) — A global human rights organization revealed files on Monday that it said were found in Argentina containing the names of 12,000 Nazis who lived there during the 1930s, including many with Swiss bank accounts.

The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center said an Argentine investigator, Pedro Filipuzzi, uncovered the files among papers found in a storage room at a former Nazi headquarters in Buenos Aires, and shared it with two center directors, Shimon Samuels and Ariel Gelblung.

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