Nazism in Chile

Black-and-white photograph of Nazis standing in a decorated office. An empty table is in the foreground. Three men look towards the camera, including one in the middle with a toothbrush moustache.
Nazi meeting in Chile, from the country's 1940s investigation
Black-and-white photograph of a large assembly with a Nazi flag on the back wall. Hitler Youth stand on the left. Seated in the front row are suited men with Nazi armbands; the central baldish man has a toothbrush moustache. Behind him are a hatted woman and a man with no sideburns, flanked by four-plus children.
Nazi assembly of men, women, and children (including Hitler Youth),[1] from the 1939–1947 investigation[2]
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Some German Chileans supported Nazism prior to Adolf Hitler's taking control of Germany in 1933, including the National Socialist Movement of Chile (1932–1938). Germany also pursued the Nazification of the German Chilean community. Nazi spy networks operated in the country between 1937 and 1944, and were investigated by the Chilean government (with the aid of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation) until 1947. Other movements related to Nazism continued to operate in the country until the latter half of the 20th century, and former Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Walter Rauff spent his later life there.

  1. ^ "Hitler Youth Hiking". Facing History & Ourselves. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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