Western Oregon University Digital Commons@WOU Student Theses, Papers and Projects (History) Department of History Spring 2016 Peron, Argentina and the Nazis Daniel Correa Western Oregon University,
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[email protected]. 1 Daniel Correa HST 420 Dr. Goldsworthy Senior Thesis Perón, Argentina and the Nazis With the fall of the Third Reich imminent in April 1945, many members of the Nazi party sought to escape the advancing allied forces in Europe. Options for the Nazis became limited as allied troops closed in on Berlin. One option for former Nazis was to stay in Europe but this meant living in constant fear of being arrested and facing trial. Another option was to flee Europe and find a country that was willing to offer asylum. Fleeing Europe became more desirable as Allied governments began looking to acquire the research and personnel behind the Nazi war machine. As early as 1944, the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union began offering jobs, asylum, and the complete whitewashing of pasts, in exchange for the research, technology and science that Germany developed during the war.