Maurice Hinchey: “I would like to this evening call to the attention of the Members of the House that tomorrow I, along with 22 original…”

“I would like to this evening call to the attention of the Members of the House that tomorrow I, along with 22 original cosponsors, will introduce a resolution calling on the Government of Argentina to make public all of its official records pertaining to the relocation to Argentina of Nazis and other criminals of World War II. Just 60 years ago, the world witnessed the most horrific crime ever perpetrated, the Holocaust. Hitler's campaign of genocide murdered 6 million Jews, 220,000 Roma, 200,000 mentally and physically disabled persons, and millions more homosexuals, Russians, Poles, and others. This campaign, known as the ``Final Solution,'' was carried out with ruthless efficiency by Hitler's Nazi regime and its collaborators. Following the fall of that regime in 1945, the Nuremberg Trials were established to prosecute those responsible for carrying out the genocide campaign. While many of the Nazis and war criminals who perpetrated these atrocities were tried at Nuremberg, others escaped Europe and fled. Many of those who escaped sought refuge in Argentina, where the government of Juan Peron offered them a safe haven. While many historians believe at least 300 war criminals fled to Argentina, there is no accurate number available.”