Somewhat NP Argentinians bound for Germany

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< At spring 1945 (!), a few weeks before unconditional surrender, a German
 >U-boat appeared in the harbour of Buenos Aires; but not with unfriendly
 >intentions; the Argentine authorities said "Welcome" to the German crew, and
 >several boxes were carried from the U-boat into several bank-safes; then the
 >U-boat disappeared. Evita Peron, in the years before her early cancer death,
 >travelled several times to Switzerland and France in the late forties and
 >early fifties; she spoke with politicians and Suisse bank managers. Later 
her
 >brother did the same, and was murdered later in Argentina; his murderer was
 >never captured. In 95 oder 96, a bomb exploded in front of the Jewish Center
 >in Buenos Aires; 90 people were killed. Some weeks before, an parlamentarian
 >investigation comitee was constituted in Buenos Aires which had to
 >investigate the Peron-Zürich-Vaticane-Nazi-connection. Some mysterious 
things
 >happened there the most of it unknown until today.
 >kwp
 >
 >Kurt-Werner Pörtner >>

Actually, by the spring of 1945, Argentina was at war with what remained of 
the Third Reich, & U-boats would not have been too welcome in Buenos Aires.  
The myth of Eva Peron's direct involvement with the Germans in WWII were 
perpetrated by anti-peronistas in the late fifties.  There were even some 
impressive looking documents forged to give some validity to the story.  
That being said, there may be some truth to her involvement after the war -- 
especially her famous European Tour -- arranging Swiss bank accounts for her 
husband, etc.  You don't need nazi gold to account for Peron's later wealth 
in Spanish exile.  He looted Argentina the same way Marcos looted the 
Philippines.

jbf