About 75 Nazi artifacts uncovered in a hidden room by Argentinian police

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted June 20, 2017 1:39 am

Updated June 20, 2017 2:56 pm

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WATCH: Argentine police have seized a collection of original Nazi artifacts concealed in a Buenos Aires house, including busts of World War II German dictator, Adolf Hitler, and medical instruments used for racial identification – Jun 20, 2017

In a hidden room in a house near Argentina’s capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country’s history, including busts of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size.

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Some 75 objects were found in a collector’s home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II.

Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said Monday that many of the pieces were accompanied by old photographs. “This is a way to commercialize them, showing that they were used by the horror, by the Fuhrer. There are photos of him with the objects.”

Many Nazi fled to Argentina and other countries in South America after World War II.

Here are some photos of the artifacts uncovered by Argentinian police: