An arsenal of Nazi weapons and artifacts from the time of Hitler were discovered in Argentina

Argentine police have arrested a man in Buenos Aires who was in possession of a large quantity of antique Nazi weapons emblazoned with symbols of the Third Reich from Adolf Hitler’s infamous regime, officials said Friday. UNN with reference to Reuters.

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Police seized more than 60 firearms from the man’s home, including 43 rifles emblazoned with Nazi eagles, 15 pistols, five bayonets and a machine gun, according to a report by Argentina’s federal police.

The report also said authorities confiscated Nazi flags, military uniforms, hats, helmets, and busts of Hitler.

Employees of the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum facilitated a law enforcement effort to enforce the country’s anti-discrimination law, according to a police report.

The house where the items were found is located in the town of Quilmes. Police were tracking the man after he traveled abroad and became the subject of an investigation initiated by the federal police of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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After World War II, many Nazi officials, including the infamous death camp warden Adolf Eichmann, emigrated to Argentina to avoid war crimes trials.

Last year, local security forces raided and shut down an Argentine bookstore that sold books about Nazism online.