Archaeologists discover secret Nazi hideout in Argentine jungle


Archaeologists made a shocking discovery in the remote Misiones region in northern Argentina. They found what they believe are the remains of a Nazi hiding place, from which leaders could have fled Germany.
The Telegraph reports that the Teyu Cuare provincial park was long rumored to hold the home of Martin Bormann, Hitler's second-in-command. That's still "an urban myth," Daniel Schavelzon, who led the archaeological team, told The Telegraph, but the clue eventually led the team to discover multiple stone structures containing Nazi imagery on the walls and German coins from the 1930s.
Schavelzon believes the structures were planned as hideaways for Nazi leaders in case the Third Reich fell. "We can find no other explanation as to why anyone would build these structures, at such great effort and expense, in a site which at that time was totally inaccessible, away from the local community, with material which is not typical of the regional architecture," Schavelzon told The Telegraph.
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After World War II ended, Nazi leaders were permitted to live in Argentina, The Telegraph notes.
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Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.
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